CA fill

[sgimbel]

I'm using medium CA to fill blanks, chips weak wood etc. You end up with bumps from the fill. Do you guys/girls sand it back down to size or do you take a tool to it?

 

[aggromere]

for me it depends on how bad it is. I use a 1/4 inch skew sometimes, was one of the first tools I got (one of the mini tools they sell as starter kits.)

 

[johnnycnc]

shave it with a skew, makes quick work of leveling it out. then sand it.
I find sandpaper by hand (no backer block) cuts the bumps and wood
at different rates sometimes, and creates other issues I don't want,
like lower places in the wood next to still high ca spots.

 

[Wood Butcher]

I've had decent results by taking a metal file or a tounge depressor covered with 100 grit sandpaper to "file" down the CA bump with the lathe off then I can turn easier. Too many times the turning tool sagged the bump and popped it out and I had to start over. It's just one way.

 

[Mark]

I've used a skew, but mostly I use the Wood Pen Pro. I use it like a scraper and take the ridges, bumps, whatever right off. Man I love that little tool... Then MM and finish as usual.

 

[bruce119]

I'm with the rest use a tool if it is higher than a pin head. Chances are if you try and sand it you will just make it worse. It could wind up as a high spot with a low around around it.

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