fixing chip out on exisit furniture

Absolutely. This is a trial and error process, so take a piece of the myrtle cut-off and gouge it to approximate the size and depth of the chip-out. Then try mixing stains OR dyes (don’t mix these!) until you get a good match.

BertJ,

Thanks for the response.

I guess I should starting making some myrtle saw dust.

Dalec

although TWW does not have a step by step videos on already finished chips, but he has a helpfull one that shows you how to do it before the finish, I think its one of the episodes of the pen holder.

-- Yanky, pateince is everthing.

Thanks Jim.

I had seen TWW video on repairing chip out. I remember Marc saying sometimes to fix damage, you have to make it bigger. I recall he cut out a larger piece then gluing a patch piece of wood using CA and shaving off the excess to blend the patch with the old wood.

I have to admit, I am not too confident about doing this with a cross cut chip out. I am going to try staining some myrtle sawdust to match the existing wood stain and filling the chip out with a mix of shellac and sawdust. Worse case, I go to TWW fix.

Dalec

Use hide glue and sawdust from your myrtle. It will turn out fine. As always, bbqKing

-- bbqKing, Lawrenceville

I use shellac and sawdust to fill chips and other small defects. For color see if you can get some sample of stain. Make a few grids on the scrap and apply the samples. After it dies completely you can see which ones come close to the proper color. From ther you can either mix stains and or add dyes to them. Remember if it has poly on it it will hue the color a little.

Thanks bbking and Al for the suggestions.

I tried some wood putty first and found it doesn’t work very well. So I will be scrapping the putty out and trying a stained sawdust and shellac method later today.

Dalec

I have not tried this method before, I picked it up I think from here at LJ’s. I dont remember who from though so they get the credit.
Take a piece of scrap with a defect in it or cause a defect like what you want to repair. Take some sawdust and mix it with liquid hide glue as a filler, then use a RO sander over it, they say the heat produced from sanding will cause the glue to set up.
Like I said I have not tried it yet.

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

Ed, I am to the place where I am deciding to go ahead and use a mix of shellac and sawdust or try the hide glue method. I may try the shellac method first. I can always sand the shellac off if it doesn’t produce the look I want. I may go to hide glue. The question i have with hide glue is whether it cures clear.

Will let you know the outcome.

Dalec

Dale,
They say it does? Like I said try it on a piece of scrap with both the shellac and the hide glue and see which works best. There is no need in doing more work than you need to. Let me know how it goes,

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.