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Hey Guys,
I’m looking for some advise on the best
way to work this particular brand of
wood putty. It seems to dry up real
fast-like 30 seconds or so-and loses its
workability. Any help?
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Use the famowood solvent. When the can gets too thick stir in some solvent and you're back in business
*Boplicity,
Joseph FuscoView Image"Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblance's to that truth." Socrates
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Thanks Guys,
I am filling some nails holes on some vertical grain
baseboard molding. I think that the FAMOWOOD works well its
just that when I'm working on a long length of board the
stuff gets dry. I have the solvent but man is it strong
smelling. I'm doing this job at a small airport terminal and
they are a little sketchy about flamable products. Anyway,
thanks
*If you ever see Wood Putty brand in a squeeze tube that stuff lasts well because there's no air in the container.Taking this lesson and extending it to Famowood has me thinking a hiking squeeze tube that has a slide-on clip to access filling the tube would work well because again you'd have no air. I have one of the tubes for hiking, fill it with peanut butter, but never tried it with Famowood. Hope never to confuse the two.
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Hey Guys,
I'm looking for some advise on the best
way to work this particular brand of
wood putty. It seems to dry up real
fast-like 30 seconds or so-and loses its
workability. Any help?
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Yeah, I
i hate
it when I get peanut butter on my wood work!
Rich Beckman