An old favourite wooden chopping board has just come apart at a glued seam.
I've glued it together using white PVA glue, simply because I have some and I've never heard about it being toxic. There is still a small gap on most of the seam which I want to fill in for Hygiene reasons.
What fairly inoffensive and easy to use substance might I use for this? I did think of using a nail varnish which I guess is just a quick drying cellulose paint? Any other suggestions please?
Nail varnish may work, but it has little solids and could take many coats, depending on the size of the crack. I'd make epoxy my first choice.
Yep, agreed, epoxy is the best gap filler for this
If you have some way to make a lot of sawdust (power sander) then do that, using the cutting board as a source -- it probably could use a resurfacing anyhow. Mix the dust with epoxy to make a thick paste, and work that into the cracks.
Isaac
I'd run each edge surface over the jointer until flat, then re-glue with TB3.
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Yes, recut the wood so you don't have a gap. Water will infiltrate and brea= l the joint pretty quickly no matter what you "try"
Why micky mouse around when for a couple three dollars you can buy wood filler:
it shrinks, does not stick as well as epoxy... and has other downsides.
As far as rejointing it, we don't know if this person even has the equipment to do that. I think this was someone outside the group asking for advice.
All he needs to do is rip it down the center of the glue line on a tablesaw (or with a guide and a circular saw) and re-glue it.
Why not just buy a new cutting board? I don't see any reason or sentimentality to become overly attached to one.
Jill
Why not repair it. I repaired my wifes, just like Doug said, I ripped it down the joint, then jointed.
But if this guy has no equipment then re-gluing then filling is an option. But if he has equipment, then the best fix is ripping , jointing and gluing.
---------------------------------------------- That's just to simple and low cost.
Lew
--------------------------------------------------------- Why waste good epoxy by using garbage fillers?
Micro-balloons are the low cost filler of choice.
They fill without reduc> All he needs to do is rip it down the center of the glue line on a
--------------------------------------------------- Mix some epoxy and micro-balloons to the consistancy of mayo, then butter both cut surfaces, mush together with hand pressure, hold in place with spring clmps for 24-48 hours, the remove excess epoxy and sand flush.
When the board returns to compost, the epoxy will still be in service.
Lew
If he has a good tablesaw or circular saw blade, he shouldn't need to joint the edges.
My mother is still using the Mahogany and Maple one I made in the late
70's. I think it's a full inch thick. She doesn't even remember or care that I made it, but I enjoy seeing it still in use when I visit.
Get real. No matter how he repairs it, he needs a vise. Most ordinary people who don't have "equipment" are lucky to have a hammer and a set of screwdrivers.
Most folks can find a piece of rope and a stick, and use a tourniquet as a clamp... that's how I reglue chairs. Most woodworkers wouldn't use a bench vise for gluing anyway, they'd much more likely use parallel clamps rather than tie up the vise for many hours.
Because I've used both, and I know which one is both easier and more durable.
Isaac
Not only do they fill, but they also *fill up* -- at least, the ones where their tops wear off do, because they are hollow. How do you clean out the food residue (and resulting live stuff) that then gets in there?
Isaac
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