Fixing Common Woodworking Mistakes
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Whether we like to admit it or not, mistakes will happen. Knowing how to repair them may make the difference between a nerve-wracking build and a relaxed one. So in this demo (recorded live), I'll show you some of the most common mistakes and errors I encounter and the various ways I like to fix them.
What You'll Need
CA Glue - Cyanoacrylate is a quick-drying adhesive that makes it easy to re-attach small bits of wood. Used with a quick-set activator, it's an incredibly ally in the battle of repairs. www.rockler.com/quick-set-glue...
Wood Filler - While many folks poo poo wood filler, there are just some flaws that call for the stuff. Getting the right color is the key and knowing a few tricks to give the appearance of real wood is also a big help. The stuff I like to use is Timbermate Wood Filler. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003...
Clothes Iron - Sometimes the best solution is a little heat and moisture. A household iron will help us steam out dents and scratches. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000...
Repairing Tearout With Filler
In some cases, a gnarly bit of tearout is best repaired with filler. A good quality filler that won't shrink and accepts stain will give you the best chance of a good match. Since fillers are typically colored to match the primary background color of the wood, it can sometimes help to use a colored pencil to draw in the missing wood grain. Though I only resort to that for large/obvious repairs where the missing grain would be an eyesore.
Misplaced Mortise
A mortise is nothing more than a big hole, so filling it with wood is usually the best and most reliable fix. Be sure to orient the grain so that the repair is in line with the grain of the workpiece. This provides the best visual match and in many cases makes the repair all but invisible. Cut the repair piece a little bit longer than the size of the hole and use sandpaper to create a slight taper at each end. This ensures a nice tight fit at each end where the repair is likely to be most visible.
Repairing Chipout with Recovered Piece
On occasion, fortune smiles upon you and a chipped out piece of wood is recovered. This is a good thing since the piece will most likely nest right back into position without any visible gaps. So all you need to do is use a little CA glue and re-attach the piece. Once the glue cures, sand the area thoroughly and you should have a nearly flawless fix.
Repairing Chipout with a Patch
When you can't find the chipped out piece (or it has been disintegrated by the Woodworking Gods) and you don't want to use filler, a patch is often the most appropriate course of action. Since chipout/tearout is never a pretty sight, you'll need to work the affected area with a plan or chisel to create a flat area for the repair. This is one case where you actually need to make the flaw bigger for the greater good. Once a nice flat area is established, simply glue in a small scrap of wood using CA glue. Plane, saw, scrape, or chisel away the excess stock and sand smooth.
Steaming Dents & Scratches
Blunt force trauma is a common occurrence in the wood shop. Whether you drop a workpiece on the floor or something drops onto the workpiece, you'll often be confronted with dents that are too deep to just sand away. Fortunately, dents are nothing more than aggressively compressed fibers. Since wood fibers expand with moisture, we can steam the dents using a wet towel and a household clothes iron. With a few seconds of treatment, the wood fibers expand to fill the dented areas. Of course this will only work on shallow dents but it can still be used to lessen the impact of deeper dents. The same theory applies to scratches in solid wood and plywood. - Jak na to + styl
Great stuff....ever since I started using lacquer for my finishes, it's so much easier to blend in a fill....I get the color as close as I can with stain, then put a couple of coats of finish on it...after that, I can use common acrylic paint to do any necessary touchups (the paint must be thinned down with water and you apply very thin coats until you get the desired color...usually burnt sienna, raw umber and black are suitable either alone or in small combinations....) then apply the 'grain' with some diluted black paint and a small brush...after that, I just finish as normal...works like a charm....a bit more complicated than your method, but you can nearly always get a dead on match....:D
Had a boss who loved reminding us - "If you can fix it, it ain't a mistake" ; - )
Considering this video is five years old, I can safely assume someone has already noted this tip-but a simple solution to using wood glue which doesn’t accept stain is to apply stain to the chip and damaged areas prior to the bonding application. I’ve been doing this for years with dowel plugs as a precaution for spill over and found that it creates a seamless transition.
Thanks for taking the time to do your presentations they are appreciated.
Very helpful. Thanks so much
Saw this video some time back and thought pretty cool, but had no need of it. This weekend I’m building a bedside table for my son and blam ended up with a tear out on one of the légale and was stressing trying to think of what do to to repair and I remembered seeing this video. Putting your tips to work saved a project that was 80 percent complete! Thanks for posting these videos!!
Legs. LoL dang autocorrect.
GREAT PRESENTATION...
Great video! Thank you
I love CA glue! I also love bonding myself to my work with a spray of activator...
Me to
Hey Peter Brown
Protip: Buy a bottle of CA debonder at the same time as the activator! It works wonders for getting fingers unstuck
Omg I’ve left skin and dna on most projects.. several times from ca glue activation, the burn... peroxide helps to get blood stains out.
CA glue is an adhesive with terrible sheer strength. Next time, I recommend rotating your finger parallel to the glue. Don't just lift your finger up. That tip has gotten me out of many sticky situations.
Thanks for all of the suggestions!
You "Guys" are GREAT. Thank You
your tip about drawing veins into the filler just blew my mind!! :D
Scranton you say Mike? My Dad was born and raised in Wilkes-Barre....I remember fondly old Wilkes-Barre when we'd go visit my grandmother. I go there today, and I barely recognize it. All the train yard I remembered is gone....did by chance find Big John at the Miners Union building when my son and I stopped in town on the way to Gettysburg many moons ago. Oh to be young again....great vids and most helpful in my progression of trying to learn now, all the things I wish I had paid more attention to my Dad when he was trying to teach me these things....wish more I had him back to show him the things I learned that he DIDN'T think I was listening to him about!!
Thanks for the info
That "Wooder" instead of "water" and Trenton call out made me lose it. As a dude born and raised in the 609, I heard that way too often! Amazing video, even if I am way late on it!
Thank you! Saved me from starting from scratch
Great video thanks
I've had good results fixing light dents by steaming with a soldering iron. It allows you to really focus on the specific area of the dent. You can also steam the same dent more than once if it doesn't come out the first time.
Thanks for the video!
Omg. This was an amazing info. I’m just learning and these tricks have helped me out
Great demo! You have beautiful hands and a nice voice. Thank you.
You did not discuss using a board stretcher for when you cut your board too small.
Or the wood magnets for helping hold the workpiece together.
@Les Brown Just cut your tape measure to suit, all fixed ;P
lol!!
Appreciate you advertising The Flight of the Concords.......we are very proud of our Kiwi comedians doing so well on the international stage
Thank you so much for your tip of using an iron. Never knew that....used it on some dents that I had as I'm redoing my kitchen with wainscoting and pine boards and it worked like a charm!! Thanks so much!!
Invaluable! Thanks Marc!
9:48 Love your reaction to that repair. Thanks for the video and tips. I'm getting into woodworking so it helps a lot. Thanks
Awesome video! Thank you for all the tips and tricks.
Thanks Marc, This video came in handy for me.
Very good advice. Thank you.
Thanks a lot for these informations and remedies. We certainly will use them.
Great tips Marc, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Marc! Great info and very helpfull!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Thank you!
Wooder, a nod to Chris Fix... Great tips
I've always heard it is not a mistake unless you can't fix it. I have enjoyed your videos. Thanks for making them.
Great Information and video, thanks Mark.
Boy oh boy, I can remember doing many of these type pf repairs back when I had a picture framing business.
This is REALLY useful stuff! Awesome and thank you for sharing this all!
Hi Marc - Beginning woodworker here and am very happy I've found your channel. This video specifically is encouraging as I know I'm going to make tons of mistakes...especially early on. I've subscribed and am enjoying learning from your videos. Thanks!
Thanks much. Excellent lecture on repairs.
*Yes....Flight of The Concords. Excellent!*
thank you for this. very informative.
Thank you.
Great information, thanks. Have you ever tried saving the dust from random orbit sander's filter and add some stain that you are planning to use then mix with glue? I use this when filling pocket holes, really covers well.
Nice work! Thank you.
Great advice, thanks so much. Sure enjoying the comments and laughter from I think you wife? Also whoever handles the camera does a great job.
Thanks for the tips, very useful.
These are really great tutorials. Thank you so much for making them!
Thank you once again for a great video!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
Great ideas. Thanks for all you do
Wow! awesome tips for correcting mistakes!
+The Wood Whisperer i like how you didnt edit out the compressor going off in mid take, it just feels more real, and adds even more character to your content.
im not a wood worker, i have no area to work on wood even if i wanted to, but i still enjoy watching your content, and who knows, one day i may be in a position where i can try out wood working, and if so... i know illl be using a lot of what i have learned from watching your content. thanks for sharing
have a great day/night.
Thank you. Great video!
Thanks for this info, always great to find this type of help that is difficult to find. I also have found that the Birch plywood I'm buying has scratches across it and I realize it is caused by the way we took it off the lift in the box store, pulling the top one off leaving the back edge to drag on the next one, which is usually significant enough to be unable to repair or sand without starting to go through the veneer.
Very nice repair tips.
Another great video Marc - never would have though about ironing the work piece. As a side note - I like using hide glue + sawdust to match the work piece perfectly, and take a stain.
Ooops I have to turn off my compressor..... SUBSCRIBED! I like that you left that in.
Excellent tips!
Excellent shirt!
Really informative. Good video and easy to understand.
Excellent video. Well done and very informative!
Very cool tips thanks so much.
Thanks for the advice. I heard my router take a piece off. So I put my headlamp on and looked all over for it. Found it and you can’t tell it was ever gone.
Even though I never make any mistakes, I appreciate your well made and educational video.
Thanks, Marc!!
Thank you for the awe vid. I've used ca on balsa when making rc planes and I've found it to be very resistant to sanding
thank you for your teaching. I really enjoy it. I didnt know about it, this tips could save entire wood. Thanks again have nice day!.
Kudos for the t-shirt!
It's wood!! You did amazing. Thank you for the perspective!!
Love your videos. I finished a candy apple red guitar using your finishing techniques and it came out beautiful. I dropped some solder on it and now I'm having to refinish, but that's another story.
Great video
Just one little tip. If you want grainlines in your wood where you have used woodfiller, just bed some ribbons of woodshavings vertically into the woodfiller along the grain when the filler is still soft. Trim them off once it has dried with a craft knife and then When you sand, it will leave the grainlines in. It is more effective in darker woods and those woods with a more defined grain
the first
Light wood like Alder is impossible to hide. The glue, any glue, turns it dark.
Thank you, very much!! This is great!!!!!!
Great shirt! Love flight of the conchords!
"Where'd you get that?" "....the store" comedy gold~
Very helpfull, thanks.
Great video, I enjoyed watching :)
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Nice video
Thanks for the video =)
Good ideas, thanks.
great tips thanks
This is simply usefull!! Thanks
Well done video. I like it! Thanks for your time & tips excellent work.
Great tips. Thanks
Nice tricks. I recently found your channel and subscribed. I have lots to learn.
It was amazing, I learned a lot.
You got my sub just for the shirt!
well done matey
Greetings, Really like the taper on the gap filler. GOOD IDEA. Thanks.
Flight of the Conchords t-shirt! Our cuz-bro's from across the dutch fromus Aussies! Awesome choice!
Trenton, NJ woodworking represent! Your "water" pronunciation sounded fine to me!
great stuff! I love that baby brass hammer.......thanks for sharing
Good video, Liked and Subscribed... Yay Nicole.
Great video, I really appreciate the tips and tricks to repair my mistakes. I'm the goofball that always drops something or accidentally dents something and then ends up wondering how in the world I am going to fix it...now I know, so thanks!
This is a really useful video thanks :)
Thank You 👍✅
Awesome video idea!!
My grandad used to mix the sawdust from the piece he was cutting with wood glue to make filler ;) Can't beat that colour match!
I love the fact that there were no cuts in the video. Good camera work too.
This is very helpful. Thanks. Is there any instruction on how to blend or repair finished wood damage, edge nicks, scratches, etc.?
I'm currently try making a live edges table top and I've done a few passes with 60 grit and 80 grit s paper with random orbital. I've noticed there are a few deeper lines across the grain , I think from where heavier wood was previously left on top of 2 x 4s on top of my piece. Should I use a belt sander to try even everything out or is a belt sander too harsh. It's ceder wood and I read somewhere that a belt sander could eat through it fast .
Also , would u recommend filling all cracks with epoxy despite how small they may be ?? Thanks in advance
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