[JWBH[_1_]]

i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed with
strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips are
bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.

since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some PVA
waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the crack
up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA ?
thanks for any advice.

[ke8yy]

JWBH wrote:
> i have an old and much loved wooden chopping board that is constructed with
> strips of wood that are glued together. at one place the wood strips are
> bending away from each other leaving a thin crack.
>
> since its unhygienic, i want to fill it in with something. I have some PVA
> waterproof adhesive which is quite thick and would probably fill the crack
> up well, but would this be unadvisable using a chemical adhesive like PVA ?
> thanks for any advice.

PVA glues do not have gap-filling abilities. Assuming you can clean out
the crack- any oil in there would make it very difficult for glue to
adhere- I would make a thick paste of very fine sawdust- you can buy
"wood flour"- and Titebond, which is non-toxic. Press that into the
crack, leaving it a bit higher than the surface. Let it cure overnights
and scrape it smooth.

mike http://smsfr.blogspot.com