Crushed stone or powdered stone?

[gerryr]

What does everyone use to fill voids? I'm having trouble deciding if I should order crushed stone or powdered stone.

 

[LanceD]

Gerry, I haven't tried crushed stone but the powdered stone was real easy to use and I don't see any reason for me to try the crushed.

 

[wood-of-1kind]

I have used coloured SAND (pink & blue) to fill voids in some of my pens. Works well and is very inexpensive.

-Peter-

 

[alamocdc]

Gerry, I've never tried that kind of stuff. I always use coffee grounds or shavings and dust from a contrasting wood. I've also used shavings from PR blanks to fill voids if I wanted some color.

 

[DCBluesman]

Gerry - I use both as each has value in different circumstances. For example, I recently repaired a Malachite Trustone pen (one that someone else had made). It had a small chip that only the extra fine crushed malachite would fill. For filling gum pockets in Aussie burls, I find that the fine or medium crashed stone works better and gives a very atractive look. Please feel free to email me if you need more info.

 

[ctEaglesc]

I used antler dust on my Browning inlay

 

[redfishsc]

I'd like to see that when it's done, Eagle.

 

[emackrell]

Me too Eagle. Does the antler dust come out looking like inlaid antler, or is it more translucent than that?

cheers Eileen

 

[jssmith3]

I use the crushed stones and have also used the sand and the powder. I seem to have a lot of trouble with the powder and don't know why. I have also started crushing my own too. Its cheaper.
Janet

 

[EasyGreasy]

Crushed stone if you want the crushed rock look. And powder if you want the solid color look. I find the crushed rock looks better to me. Though I sometimes find that I have to sift through my crushed rocks to get rocks small enough to fill all the voids.
I would like to find some red rock. Does anyone know of a sorce of some red stone or even a red rock I can crush myself. Not pink-Red.

-Greasy