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Bondo Rotted Wood Restorer

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Bruce Miller

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Glen Spey, New York
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company...ed-Wood-Restorer/?N=5002385+3293240936&rt=rud

Anyone ever use this stuff for Punky wood. I picked up a can this weekend and just now applied it to some really nicely spalted maple that maybe is/was a little too rotted.
It applies very thinly soaking up into the fibers and you then put subsequent coats on it that seem to fill in the punky fibers real nicely with a crystal clear coating.
I think it might be a good alternative to the super glue application.
Any experience with this stuff?
 
I've used the Minwax Wood Hardener quite a bit. It's probably the same stuff as the Bondo. It does penetrate deeply into soft/punky wood. I usually wipe a coat over the entire piece when done with the turning, so any finish will go on uniformly.
 
Haven't tried it but interested to know how it works. I deal with a fair amount of punky wood, sometimes on the edge of usability. It's a challenge to work with but I really like the result when it works out. I've been using JB Weld Wood restorer and like it but don't have any experience with other products. Running low so good to know before I get more.
 
Rather than pay the high prices for mostly solvent, I've been experimenting by thinning epoxy with acetone. Around 60% epoxy and 40% acetone. Been happy with the results so far on the half dozen or so bowls I've tried it on.
 
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