filling gap with wood powder - how?

[Adam]

I'm not woodworker but now I'm facing the problem with wood. I have to fill the gap between the solid mahogany boards - it is a top of the table. The gap is less than 1/16". I collected the desk from palm sender when the top was sand and mixed it with polyurethane - I was hoping to get the same color what the board are but this mixture turned black. How to use original mahogany powder to get matching color? Thank in advance Adam

[Bill Rogers]

The best approach, if you have any tools, is to re-cut, then re-glue together properly. A thin-kerf table saw cut would do the trick.

If I had a mahogany table I wanted to show off and had no resources [tools], I'd take it to someone competent who can do it for me and pay the price.

For matching colour, look for a suitable painting tube [as used by artists.] You can match colour and use lightly or heavily. To use, squirt some into a jar and add pure turpentine. Shake well, and apply the stained liquid to whatever you want to stain. Practice with some other similar material if possible.

Bill.

[Dave]