On Jul 9, 8:33*am, manyirons wrote:
Hi all,

I've been building a captain's bed for my son out of some old
reclaimed pine. *Due to the limited amount of wood I was not able to
avoid having some knots at the edge of a face frame. *One of them is
big and really shabby, with quite large voids. *I'd like to fill it,
and I'm thinking epoxy would be the best choice. *I really don't like
the look of wood filler when it gets any bigger than a BB.

Assuming you agree that epoxy is a good choice, how can I apply it?
At the edge of the board it's going to just run out, so I need to
block it while it sets. *The blocking must not stick to the epoxy. *I
don't have sheets of teflon, other than teflon plumbing tape. *Is
there something else (like HDPE or polyethylene, which I didn't try it
yet) that will work instead? *Alternatively, if I let the expoxy get
proud of the surface can I sand it down and hope to apply water based
Minwax Varathane and not see the sanding marks? *In that case I can
block it with a few strips of wood and just plane/sand them away.
Actually, I'm inclined to think that's the best approach, so I may try
it on some scrap while I await more brilliant feedback from you guys.

If there's no other choice I can cut the offending chunk away and glue
in a replacement, but it'll lose a lot of character and just plain
won't look as good as I know it can.

I hope all this makes sense. *Thanks for your advice.

* - Owen -

Another way to approach this is by covering a piece of scrap with
kitchen waxed paper. This suggestion is a variation of previously
mentioned ideas.

I also like the dutchman technique. Norm has demonstrated this on
several shows and it seems to produce a satisfactory solution to the
problem.

Joe G