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Again with the inspiration.
Nice work.
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01-24-2018 07:36 PM
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There are also scratch fix pens available for furniture in a variety of colours or some art shops sell "copic markers" that have a huge range of colours.
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Finally got back on this today. Dug out five more rotted areas, filled them with wood plugs and have them in the clamps now.
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Plugs went OK. Oddly enough, one of the small ones got messed up. Fair warning to anyone attempting to restore one of these Nepalese stocks, the wood is soft. I had the plug well fit but in clamping, I made the clamp to tight and the plug actually crushed into the good wood leaving a small gap on the bottom. I have since filed and sanded them down so they look like those already photographed and started with a coat of BLO. Color matching with sharpies is better but not quite where I would like them to be. May try the other things. I am taking photos so will post them when I get a bunch together to show step by step progress. I have not started drilling and cutting out the wedge slots, kind of dreading that after my experience with the other side but hopefully, with that experience behind me I'll get these better.
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Nice, I would give a word of caution though to anyone driving plugs in. Make them undersize and don't go nuts clamping them so as to drive them in past where you have fitted them. Plugs can very quickly act as wedges and cause additional damage.
If I may,,,If you hit those lighter areas with a black Sharpie first, wipe lightly with an alcohol soaked rag then use your color, it will blend nicely. You can play around a bit and get it just right. Darker is better then lighter. What you're doing with the black is laying down a toner.
Last edited by WarPig1976; 04-08-2018 at 11:27 AM.
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Originally Posted by
WarPig1976
Darker is better then lighter.
Yes... The plugs are coming nicely. This is all going to turn out looking good, looking forward to the end result...
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