Using Epoxy Resin to Fill Cracks and Gaps in Wood - Complete Tips and Techniques

Complete technique and details to fill in gaps, cracks and checks in your wood stock with epoxy resin. Get amazing results that allow you to use wood that seem broken or cracked beyond anything usable. This video shows all the steps and tips for perfect results.

[jkbaer]

I’ve been watching a few vids about epoxy lately and this one’s is by far the best I’ve seen. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Ian_Hay]

Just a quick note of thanks for the tip re using non sanded grout to tint the epoxy in void filling. I just finished a project and used the same grout, based on this video’s recommendation. Worked fantastic, and now I have about 2 lifetime’s supply of black epoxy tint at about 1/50th of the price of regular tint powder or TransTint dye. Thanks.

[stephenthompson]

Thank you for the excellent demo of filling cracks.

[stevebanta]

Great video and love the use of non-sanded grout to tint!

[uthipaeNgoophooRiegeekujuGa]

Looks great! Thanks for the tips & tricks :)

[sidcrane]

Thank you Doug, excellent video. Just what I needed.

[panchobrown]

Hello Doug, Thank you so much for the demonstration and explanation. I have some Red Oak and need to fill a crack that is about 1/4" at its widest. Would like to use the full piece for a project and with your video I will try my first Totalboat epoxy repair. I'm not interested and do not like river tables so I have always dismissed deep pour epoxy products. With that said, I would like to salvage a beautiful piece of Red Oak by filling a crack and your video will help me accomplish this. Thanks buddy!!

[jackwalfoort]

Great tip about the nonsense grout to tint. I wrecked a maple table top with transtint dye. It will STAIN the wood. Gonna try the grout.

[amydemott]

Nice video! Thank you for the tips! I’ve never experimented with epoxy before. I’m looking to fill small worn holes and knots in a charcuterie board. Is this method food safe?

[BRJASON]

Tip from experience: When you're using tape to secure the back side of cracks, holes, etc., for larger epoxy pours than Doug shows in the video, MAKE SURE the back is supported. Epoxy is heavy, and the tape can only take so much before it starts bulging and leaking. Blue tape, frog tape, Tyvek tape, doesn't matter...support the bottom with something flat and hard on larger pours.

[jfinaz]

Very well presented and explained, thanks for sharing.

[brianm]

I like the tip of using the un sanded grout for color. I guess since grout uses water to cure then mixing with the epoxy kind of seals it from moisture and probably if any moisture does get to it from humidity or whatever then it just cures also? Just trying to think the chemistry through some and avoid any long term problems from something maybe even attracting moisture.

[susanlushing]

Great demo. But what do u make out of those pieces?

[HRConsultant_Jeff]

Love that the Newspaper says Meditation classes keep stress free amid Pandemic. I find woodworking to be my Zen.

[jerryprovencher]

Really well done and I cant wait to try the grout trick, never saw that before. Thanks for sharing!

[jpiv]

Great video. I have some pecan slabs with lots of checking. I havent done epoxy before. This was ery useful. Thank you

[KeithByrd-eo]

Doug nice video and lots of good info/tips. A question - polyblend non sanded grout does not come in black - only charcoal. I got some an used it (testing) on a piece of cherry and it appears to have bled gray/black color into the surface around the void being filled. I sanded it but did not get rid of all the gray. Any tips or ideas on what happened?

[therebellion]

Nice. So it works like mica powder? I need to fill cracks and heard dyes will bleed.

[MechmanGetrieb]

Great Idea using non sanded grout. I´ll give it a try.
Right now I always have to do two steps when filling in crack´s. One coat of clear resin followed by one with black dye.
As you say if you use black dye epoxy right away it leaves a Gray shadow in the wood.

[amospeterson]

Thanks Doug, pretty informative and easy for me to do! Thanks again
AmosP