Painting birch ply exposed edges

[JoeS]

Hello All,

Does anyone have any experience using a filler of some kind (...I see the Americans use Crawford's Vinyl Spackle) in order to make a bitch ply edge paintable?

Am keen to paint a piece of birch ply I have prepared for a child's sword. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

As long as you're painting not varnishing you could use any fine plaster type filler.

 

[Spectric]

Or use car body filler, Isopon P38 which is easy to use, dries fast and sands to a glass finish which could be the problem, it won't look like wood. Did you think of edging the ply with hardwood ?.

 

[Just4Fun]

A friend applies a couple of coats of wood glue and says it protects the edge and can be painted. I don't use plywood myself so haven't tried it.