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Hi Alex, a good question and one that is quite difficult to answer, as I very rarely ever let a 'crack' develop over 2mm wide. I always...

I have seen your cherry burl family and it is beautiful. Sometimes hiding cracks is nice, but I wanted to see about highlighting them...

The cherry burl saga Today was spend hand sanding the big odd shaped bowl, still have a load more to do tomorrow but its getting there...

Well I've officially be promoted to an archaeological genius after the missus had a look at what I've been up to with the cherry burl...

Of the options you have tried, how would you rate the levels of shine you can get in them? Something that was a paste that could be...

The cracks are definitely part of the charm, but I would like to emphasise them with black epoxy. Not as look for every project, but can...

The answer might be simpler than I thought! How does it polish up? I had thought that stuf flike that didn't really take a shine?

Car Repair epoxy, coloured black with Indian ink or paint. Works a treat.

I've had some success with coffee grounds, but they need to be very finely ground. The issue as some have mentioned above is whether you...

Com Compared with doing each crack individually it seems wonderfully "short". I will give it a go. I have a huge piece of eucalyptus...

West do some designed for fairing so more readily sand-able (410 from the MSDS is polymer rather than glass microballoons combined with...

Thickening epoxy is usually done with colloidal silica, Sold in horribly expensive cardboard tubs by epoxy companies like West or SP ...

UV could be an interesting option to try. Also like the idea of the 2 stage fill. It can be frustrating working with timber that...

I'm assuming that the curve/shape of what you want to fill may make it difficult to dam as suggested by ChaiLatte and what I would also...

I agree that low viscosity is good where the cracks are narrow and it is important to stop the piece from splitting. It is still a pain...