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Well, there I was, soaking up all of those nice comments, and feeling very proud of my rosette.  Then, I looked at it under a magnifying glass.  It looks like the Lunar surface.  Lots of little gaps.  some were filled with sawdust, and when blown out, there are small gaps all over.  Some are thin gaps between purfling lines, others are little gaps at corners of tiles, and such.  Most are pretty small. I actually filled a couple with slivers of closely matching wood.  some are too small to work wood, in solid pieces, into.

What is the best way to fill those gaps?  In most cases, the biggest ones are black, or should be.  There are a few lines that will work of I can get them close to the color of the BRW purflings or a little darker, since the BRW color is variable.  I tried making a little paste out of elmers white glue and sawdust from the BRW, and it helps, but shrinks back.  I have to wipe it off quickly, or it stains the other lines.  So do I just keep doing that, and fill it in a little at a time?

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Waddy,
blow off the dust and seal everything with shellac, then fill it with white glue and wood dust. Take your time and you'll get it done!

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Peter M.
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Any big fills which are too small to do with wood splinters, stick shellac is also an often overlooked and usefull tecnique.

Thanks guys.  When you seal with shellac, does it not keep the white glue from sticking?  I have wondered about this before 

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Waddy

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You might want to try a clear filler-like epoxy!

If there are no gaps (pieces missing) then i would go with the epoxy!
mike

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Oh, there are definitely gaps.     I couldn't see them when everything was wet, and it seemed like it was all pretty tight.  Now I see all kind of stuff under a glass, and know it will shine out under finish.  I'm thinking I'll work some splinters in some of them, and dust/glue mix in others.

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