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    Question Melamine chip filler

    I am building some storage units from melamine, and have experienced a few small chips near the edges that I would like to fill. I have never heard of or seen any filler specifically for that purpose, however.

    Any suggestions?
    Cheers
    Randy

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    bondo autobody filler comes in a greyish white. I have used it successfully. Not a real match.
    John Lucas
    woodshopdemos

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    Try the vinyl spackling.
    Don't try the seam fill.

    A magic marker may do the job.

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    Yeah!

    Boy can I help you.

    Try this stuff.

    Impressed the heck outta me.

    http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...at=1,190,42997

    Per

    PS

    Even though our motto is "All Killer No Filler"
    Last edited by Per Swenson; 09-17-2006 at 6:30 PM.
    "all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
    T.E. Lawrence

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    Eureka!

    Quote Originally Posted by Per Swenson
    Yeah!

    Boy can I help you.

    Try this stuff.

    Impressed the heck outta me.

    http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...at=1,190,42997

    Per

    PS

    Even though our motto is "All Killer No Filler"
    Great stuff! Will pick some up at earliest convenience.

    Thanks
    Cheers
    Randy

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    I worked in a shop for a while, making convention display booths. Part of what we did was template route stacks of odd shaped or sizes of malamine shelves and put T moulding on them. When I started there I asked one of thee guys what they had for a chipout, the guy said go over to the corner and get the heavy paint. Say what --huh-- what you mean the heavy paint. It was a can of semi-gloss acrylic in white, had been opened or left open so many times it was the consistancy of pancake batter, take a flat tooth pick or a sliver of wood and dip it in and dab it on and maybe smooth it out. When it dried you couldn't hardly find the chip-out, even if you rememered where it was.

    Roger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Gillard
    Great stuff! Will pick some up at earliest convenience.

    Thanks
    It looks like it has been discontinued and they only have the brown left.

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    Darn,

    But don't give up.
    This stuff was truly excellent.
    I would give the good folks at lee valley a call to
    see the status of the company. It is made , oh I forget, France or Australia
    and has been around for years. I doubt they went out of business.

    So if any SMC'ers from across the oceans have this product available,
    Let us know, cause, I will stock up.

    Per
    "all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
    T.E. Lawrence

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    Try "white out", the stuff for correcting typos.

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