Mixing saw dust w/ gorilla glue?

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If I'm trying to fill gaps between different stabilized woods, would it be safe to mix a good amount of fine saw dust from the lighter wood with some gorilla glue, and use that mixture to bond the two pieces together?

Basically is that bond going to be solid enough, and will the color match? It's stabilized white holly, and there's virtually no grains.

The way I have it set up, is a rivet will be going through both pieces, so that will hold them as well, the gorilla glue/dust mixture is more or less just being used for filler so the lines look cleaner...if it will work, that is.
 
Crap, I didn't think of that brown gorilla clue color.

Is there a clear glue that might do the trick?
 
West System or Systems Three Epoxy or you can just color the epoxy with colorant or opaque paint!
 
you can mix the sawdust with any clear 2 part epoxy - or if you have some CA-100 (slow set "superglue") you can use that to make your filler.
 
I've done it with 2-part clear epoxy ( 60 min. Loctite from Lowe's or HD)...mix in the dust, and when you apply it, heap it up some so it seeps in the crack while it's drying.
Then sand when dry.
Although it's rated at 60 min. I never touch the stuff till the next morning.
 
Oh awesome, I'm very comforted to know I'm not the only one that has tried this (from the sounds of it). I'll definitely look into all your suggestions, thanks a lot guys!
 
rayban said:
I've done it with 2-part clear epoxy ( 60 min. Loctite from Lowe's or HD)...mix in the dust, and when you apply it, heap it up some so it seeps in the crack while it's drying.
Then sand when dry.
Although it's rated at 60 min. I never touch the stuff till the next morning.
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I'm pretty sure the "60 mins." is the work time, not the cure time, just to let you know. The curing takes 24 hours with that stuff.
 
We've filled voids & cracks in literally thousands of blocks of wood. It takes time but knifemakers seem to appreciate our work.

The process is very easy and takes less than 2 minutes to fill a minor void. We use odorless cyanoacrylate (superglue), wood dust from the block being sanded and cyanoacrylate accelerator.

1) Wet the sides of the void with cyanoacrylate
2) Fill void with wood dust
3) Add cyanoacrylate and wood dust
4) Mix to the consistency of mud mounding over void
5) Spray with accelerator
6) Wait 30 seconds
7) Sand smooth and inspect void
8) Repeat as necessary

The wood dust should be at least 220 grit or finer.

You don't have to use odorless cyanoacrylate but it does make the job more pleasant. We've spent as long as 12 hours straight filling voids. Odorless cyanoacrylate makes this possible. When we used stinky the longest I could fill voids was 45 minutes. Do yourself a favor and use odorless.
 
Chuck Bybee said:
You don't have to use odorless cyanoacrylate but it does make the job more pleasant. We've spent as long as 12 hours straight filling voids. Odorless cyanoacrylate makes this possible. When we used stinky the longest I could fill voids was 45 minutes. Do yourself a favor and use odorless.
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Ha ha... then you can't smell the stuff killing you.:p
You're right though, that CA with accelerator smells something awful. I use the stuff all the time at work for fixing splits and cracks when I don't want to wait.

Only thing to remember (not in this case but in future) is that if you plan to stain the wood, this will not take stain.
 
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