wheel repair

[jonathan 4]

My teak wheel has a few slight splits , nothing too serious so worth filling.  I am going to sand it and use uroxsys, but first what to fill the gaps with?

 

tech sheet for Uroxsys says below , would any marine epoxy do ?

 

Any cracks in the timber should be epoxy filled or splined with timber. Radius all edges to ensure that no sharp corners

remain. Substrates should be thoroughly sanded to clean, even coloured timber working through the sandpaper grades

to P150 grit (sanding with the grain using the 150 grit) to provide a keyed surface.

 

[Black Panther 1,591]

Mix some epoxy and mix in some dust from sanding the same bit of wood?

[jonathan 4]

you posted as I edited, but great idea using the sanding dust like that....  will make the epoxy easier to handle as its as runny as runny sh*t otherwise

[Black Panther 1,591]

I like West epoxy, you can change the consistency depending on the job you are doing. But there are others on here more experienced than I, let's see what they say.

[jonathan 4]

I have some west stuff, will probably use as This stuff is never cheap and I only need tiny amounts for this job.

[Island Time 1,239]

I've tried that method with the epoxy - it comes out darker than the original timber, and you need mostly sawdust and VERY little epoxy to get close to the right color....

[Kevin McCready 83]

And test a tiny bit or bits perhaps out of sight first to see how it goes.

[John B 106]

Yes , same timber dust inevitably comes out darker than the original.MDF dust gets you a lighter colour , might be ok with teak. I've used that, oxide , graphite , coffee, to get various colours.