Furlough and Filling In the Cracks

Aah! The month of December is upon us as well as that first fresh blanket of snow.  The perfect time to return from my designated furlough months.  One may dream, right? Designated or not, it is time to buckle down and get back to work.

The trouble recently, I am finding to be, is finding a wood filler that actually does its job.  I bought something called Miracle Wood Filler from the local hardware store (pictured left).  Notice, if you take a good look at the can, in quotes it says, "The One That Takes The Stain." Well, truth be told, there is nothing miraculous about this wood filler.  The slogan ought to be changed to, "The One That Takes ON The Stain." It put up one heck of a fight when I tried to stain it, and to my great disappointment, it won.  Strike one!

The job it did filling in the crack actually was not all that bad.  In fact, the pine pulp they used to make the wood filler would have blended in great with the wood of the piano, if the piano was made out of bare plywood.  Strike two!

Finally, after mine and the wood filler's disagreements were behind us, the wood filler just up and left.  That is, to say, after it dried fully, it shrunk, dislodged itself from the crack, and fell entirely out of the wood and onto the floor.  Talk about a foul-up.  Strike three! You're outta here! On the plus side, it did save me the trouble of having to dig it out of there...

In conclusion, pass this brand of wood filler up, unless your plywood work bench needs a few touch-ups.