As most of you have probably noticed by now, I've been pursuing quilted sapele pretty aggressively for quite a while. I found two boards of the really angry quilt stuff and purchased them, but I have a minor (though not unexpected - the seller disclosed this) problem.
These boards have very pronounced sap lines that run vertically through the wood and a number of the lines had trapped sap or something that has caused a gap/hole/check. Many of them can be worked around, but depending on how I use the boards there may be some inclusion.
I talked to Steve at Colonial and he had some good advice, but I wanted to see if others have dealt with this situation in quilt sapele before. It seems to be unavoidable in sapele with this type of figuring, and my sense is that buyers will have to recognize that "patched" wood, whatever method is used, is the only way to get this stuff...much like wormholes in Brazilian.
Steve's thought was to just do the super glue and sapele dust fix. I'm wondering if down the road the sets will have a tendency to crack or split along these sap lines if there are already problem areas, or if the gaps are caused by sap in the tree at the time the wood was harvested and the wood is no more likely to crack along the lines than anywhere else provided that the checks are dealt with. Anybody resorted to using a plug of some kind?
As always, any help is greatly appreciated.
Andrew
