Filling vcarved letters

[alister]

I've been v-carving in some wood for a floor and was going to fill the letters with coloured epoxy....I've not done anything like this before and thought I'd post to check That my thinking is right??

Alister.

[scottcox]

I've haven't worked with epoxy much, so don't know if the colors will bleed into the pores of the wood. You may want to do a test piece and see.

If it does bleed, use a clear epoxy first to seal the pores, then fill it with colored epoxy.

Sounds interesting. if you can, please post some photos of the result. Good luck.

[billp]

Alister,
One important issue is to be SURE you mix your epoxy components first, and THEN add the coloring agent...!
If you don't do this the coloring agent can interfere with the proper mixing of the resin and hardener and you'll wind up with a colored layer of uncured epoxy glop lying in your letters which will never cure...
Scott's idea of clear coating it first (even a fast drying shellac will work for this) makes a lot of sense.

[signtist]

Why would you V-Carve the letters, just to fill them up?
Why don't you simply pocket them out. This way, they are even filled.

[srwtlc]

You could do the v-carve inlay method with a contrasting wood.

[harryball]

You Vcarve the letters to get sharp points which a round bit and pocketing can't accomplish. There is a product sold that works well for this, I've seen it at a camp.

It was in North Carolina and I can't remember the name of the product or store... here is something similar. http://www.centurasolidsurface.com/c...iquidInlay.htm

If someone remembers the product from the 2008 Atlanta camp please post it.

/RB

[wooden_innovations]

How about this:

http://www.inlaceonline.com/


Rodney

[rcnewcomb]

Be aware that some epoxies shrink. We did not have a problem with color bleed, but we had to switch resins because our initial test batch would shrink as it set up making all the filled in areas concave.

[scottbot]

There is a really good thread on the Vectric Forum about v-carving and inlaying.

I know this doesn't address your original post but just in case...

[harryball]

That was it, Inlace. I saw it in person, looked very good.

/RB