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   RSRose | Jul 24, 2002 05:07am | #1

   DKemmer,

   You've probably created quite a headache for yourself. The wood filler will, in all probability, accept stain very differently than the surrounding wood. That kind of "repair" is something that takes a lot of experience with hand applied stain and dye to match. There is no telling how the real cherry and the "cherry filler" will differ in their receptivity until you try to stain or finish it. It might be a help to apply the filler to a scrap of the cherry used for the piece, sanded and prepared exactly as the final piece, then try your stain/dye/finish on that.

   Rich

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   DKemmer | Jul 26, 2002 03:51pm | #3

   Thanks! I'll just have to file this under "learning the hard way"!

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   EdCousins | Jul 25, 2002 03:01am | #2

   take some sawdust from your cherry wood pack it in your tear out or dent or what ever and then add a couple drops of model airplane glue. If you build it up a little you can sand it down for a perfect match. I got this info from my mentor, hope it works. I would try on a scrap piece first.

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   DKemmer | Jul 26, 2002 03:53pm | #4

   I haven't heard of this before! I hope it works. Thank you very much!