Pore fill help

[Treedsman]

I live in a small town and it is hard to find any of the brands of epoxy that have been recommended to me for pore filling.

I've included pictures; would envirotex jewelery resin l, craftsmart coating resin, or Bando work?

 

[Beej]

I live in a small town and it is hard to find any of the brands of epoxy that have been recommended to me for pore filling.

I've included pictures; would envirotex jewelery resin l, craftsmart coating resin, or Bando work?

I've used all of those envirotex products - they are all 2 part hard-curing epoxy resins with varying viscosities. I've used the EasyCast epoxy casting resin for pore and grain filling on punky wood and it worked well, although I found it produced an annoying amount of amine blush. when applied thickly.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Is there a boat supply place near you? Woodcraft?

 

[Treedsman]

Which would you say works better, the easycast resin, or the envirotex resin? tried harbor freight but had no luck, I might see if I can find different boat supply store after work. Thanks for the input guys, I really do appreciate the help

 

[41Hz To Go]

I've seen people use dry wall mud tinted/ sanded back/ sealed with shellac/ followed by a regular finish schedule.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

The boat supply should have West Systems. They might also have Total Boat. I haven't tried it but Tim Sway uses their products in his builds / youtubery and likes it. There's also Amazon.

 

[Treedsman]

I've used all of those envirotex products - they are all 2 part hard-curing epoxy resins with varying viscosities. I've used the EasyCast epoxy casting resin for pore and grain filling on punky wood and it worked well, although I found it produced an annoying amount of amine blush. when applied thickly.

Do you remember how many coats of easycast you ended up having to apply in order to get a level surface on that punky wood? I've got a couple of spots on my ash bass body that are really resisting the easycast resin. They just keep raising up

 

[Bruce Johnson]

I've recently started using Total Boat Penetrating Epoxy for potting the wire coils on the pickups I build. It's a very low viscosity epoxy, made for penetrating and reinforcing rotted wood. It also has no VOC's (nasty solvents) and almost no odor. Very pleasant to work with indoors. And not terribly expensive; $38 for 1.5 pints.

This might be a really good product for heavy pore-filling in woods like ash. It's normally very clear, but I assume you could add pigments to tint it. I haven't done much filing or sanding of it yet, but it appears to be about the same cured hardness as West Systems. I normally do my pore filling with West Systems, and I assume this Total Boat product could be applied and sanded the same way. It may even sink in deeper than the West Systems.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0141F71II/ref=twister_B00J36WRRG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Treedsman]

I've recently started using Total Boat Penetrating Epoxy for potting the wire coils on the pickups I build. It's a very low viscosity epoxy, made for penetrating and reinforcing rotted wood. It also has no VOC's (nasty solvents) and almost no odor. Very pleasant to work with indoors. And not terribly expensive; $38 for 1.5 pints.

This might be a really good product for heavy pore-filling in woods like ash. It's normally very clear, but I assume you could add pigments to tint it. I haven't done much filing or sanding of it yet, but it appears to be about the same cured hardness as West Systems. I normally do my pore filling with West Systems, and I assume this Total Boat product could be applied and sanded the same way. It may even sink in deeper than the West Systems.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0141F71II/ref=twister_B00J36WRRG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Yeah, filling the large pores in the ash body I've been working on has definitely been a learning experience. I'll have to look into that product. I really appreciate the input