How to fill this and not be noticeable cheap

[MattF]

im thinking of an idea from what was said earler in the thread of filling it with a slip of wood im thinking of putting a blunt knife in to the wood to make a gap for the wood to push down and cut a slip of wood from the lefovers i have got with a stanley knife about the right lenth and glue and tap in there

any thing wrong with this that was sojested early in the thread just a bit of a spin on it to make it easy

If you're going that route, clamp a guide to it and run down the join with the circular saw else router. That'll give you a straight and consistent width gap. You can use anything as an infill if you're making that a feature, as it doesn't need to blend in with the appearance. If the halves aren't already securely jointed and glued though, you'll likely still have problems later down the line.

 

[brightspark]

post 20 sounds good and accurate without fannying on

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

post 20 sounds good and accurate without fannying on

Lol. A fair few have said redo.
Take far less time that trying to hide it.

 

[angellonewolf]

If this was going in the front room pride of place with a couple if coffee cups on yes redo I agree but this is for in the hallway where my son is prob going to be using it for his motor bike helmet and gloves and random other carp every body else will drop on there when passing I'm not looking for invisible join just some thing that as you lift of an item is does not puch you in the eyes

Its a nice table and very expensive when was bought but as it's cost me at the moment zero and spent already 2 nights cutting sanding and there is more sanding down through the lower grades and waxing with wire wool and then lint free cloth the other half is moaning I'm never in the house

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

the other half is moaning I'm never in the house

Is that good or bad?

 

[angellonewolf]

depends on who you are asking

 

[angellonewolf]

ok it's done I put a bit of wood filler.in there and after a coat of wax you can hardly see it enough for the son putting the bike helmet on

But how meny coats of wax would you put on there the tips now had 4 coats the legs and underneath 2 coats was thinking another 2 on the top but the bottom could be left as is will not have anything on it ?

 

[tlovatt]

Have you sanded the top but not the sides? it looks like it is a different colour?

For a wax finish I would normally apply a thin layer and try to work it into the surface, wait for it to fully dry, buff it and then repeat - you are not really aiming to have a thickness of wax on the surface but rather an impregnation into the top layer of the wood.

 

[angellonewolf]

its a shadow on the side

waxed and polished every coat leave to dry and polish and repeat

the top feels like glass now just more thinking of the legs is 2 enough?