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Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/23/2008, 1:46 am
In Response To: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes (Glen Gray)

: I've just about finished stripping the deck & need to fill a few staple
: holes (mainly on the sides) Has anybody used toothpicks for filling staple
: holes?
: I used glue & sanding dust on the hull but I wasn't all that pleased with
: the result, I think they're too visible.
: I may still go that way but with more care, I'm just looking for options.
: Glen G

Another downside to use of toothpicks, they are genereally hardwood and the strips are softwood. Will be difficult to sand the toothpicks smooth with the hull as they are endgrain hardwood, much harder than the surrounding strips.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Glen Gray -- 6/20/2008, 6:43 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 6/23/2008, 1:46 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 6/21/2008, 9:16 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 6/21/2008, 7:03 am
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Glen Gray -- 6/21/2008, 7:38 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 6/20/2008, 11:55 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/20/2008, 11:53 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 6/20/2008, 11:31 pm
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Glen Gray -- 6/20/2008, 5:51 pm
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Bruce Moffatt -- 6/20/2008, 6:39 pm
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Todd Sullivan -- 6/20/2008, 7:53 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes *LINK*
Bruce Moffatt -- 6/21/2008, 2:40 am
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Mike Savage -- 6/21/2008, 5:28 am
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Todd Sullivan -- 6/20/2008, 10:16 am
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DaveS -- 6/20/2008, 9:02 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes *LINK*
Allan -- 6/20/2008, 5:48 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
QuicksilverMike -- 6/22/2008, 7:17 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
DaveS -- 6/21/2008, 2:07 pm