"doozer" wrote in message
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Chris Bacon wrote:
doozer wrote:

I like the idea of thin slivers of pine (the boards are pine) glued up
and then banged into the gaps. The trouble is I have only found a few
posts on this which were fairly vague.


You can do this, but only glue one side of the filling strip. Try to use
a slightly darker timber if you can.


Good point. Don't want to glue the floor solid :-)

I like the idea of using some dark hardwood but I suspect that would be
pig to get down into the gaps.

An idea just occurred to me though. What about balsa. It's fairly soft
and springy so expansion won't be such a problem and it's really easy to
work with. I think it would probably also take a stain right through the
wood as it's quite porous. Once it's got a couple of coats of floor
varnish on it I imagine it will be tough enough to withstand the traffic
it gets. Your opinions please :-)

Worth a go. If papier mache is OK then I expect balsa would be good too.
You're in new DIY territory!
Be aware there are different cuts of balsa, I tink that quarter-grain is a
harder cut, slightly deeper in
colour than other balsa cuts, and might be the type to go for. If you intend
setting it flush with the floorboards I imagine it will need to be able to
stand a little wear.

Andy.