I have not paid close attention to the latest Epoxy Putty until recently. The issue was installing a new deadbolt lock on my front door, which to my dismay, was slightly smaller than the previous lock and the former owner person who installed it left a very wide gap.
I ended up cutting custom piece of wood with a view to gluing it into place ... then after some testing decided it was not nearly strong enough for a lock. Next I looked at epoxy putty. I had used this Starbond version a couple of times in the past so decided to test it more ... it's strength shocked me ...
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My test was to make up a small batch and attach it to some wood ... just epoxy putty and wood. No glue, no nails, no mechanical fasteners of any kind. What I discovered after letting the putty cure for a couple of days was that I could not even hammer the putty off the wood. It is the strongest bond to wood I have ever worked with and with no other help. When I finally chipped away at the epoxy I found it was pulling the fibers of the wood off with the glue, that's how strong the bond was. I also found I could sand, plane, drill and chisel the hardened epoxy to get a pure custom fit.
Next I used it for fill knot hole. In this case a large knot hole and went through the board and was quite a large hole. It would have take a lot more work to fill this large hole with CA glue so I opted to use the epoxy putty. It worked like a dream, easy to mix, easy to fill in and best of all, now shrinking after it was installed and allowed to harden for a few hours. I also took a top coat with now issues (in my case Osmo), so as usual, test before you use this with your particular finish.
In a previous video I wanted to cut some thin strips but my first test showed me my table saw blade throat plate gap was too large and my thin strips would be dropping into the blade cavity and often get damaged. Rather than make yet ... another ... zero clearance throat plate I opted to use the Starbond Epoxy Putty. I knew I didn't need to fill the entire cavity, only to make a firm surface even with the top of the plate that would not allow wood to slide between the blade and the throat plate ... worked great, quick and easy.
In the past I have been asked "if there was an easier way" to fill the sides of a Magswitch 150 hole so it would not spin. My quick answer was cut wood with a hole saw, rescue the inner round piece then hand cut a semi circle to fit. Sure ... sounds easy but it's fussy, time consuming and you end up with a fiddly piece that refuses to bond properly ... epoxy putty to the rescue. It is easy fit, you still need to apply some pressure to get it bond to plywood or natural wood sides, but in the end you can file, plane, saw or whatever you need to get a great fit. An easy solution the beat making another Magswitch jig.
Here's a long standing issue ... how to you fill screw holes that are warn, loose or damaged. In the past I have suggested sawdust and PVA glue. Eventually it will harden but often it doesn't bond well to the sides you you can end up with a chunk of hardened sawdust chunk that is spinning in place when you try to drive a screw into it. Again, epoxy putty solved this quickly and easily and I found you can even drive a screw in after 30 minutes and you don't even need to wait 24 hours for it to harden, either way is a super strong bond and in my case was at least a strong as the MDF I was testing this on ... and which is (MDF) is often the culprit that causes these issues in the first place.
And last but not least ... can I use epoxy putty to make a knob for a bolt, stud or readi-rod. Yes you can. I have had some situations where bolts or studs have been embedded into wood or plastic and the top knob is warn off or missing and no other way to really get the bolt out because tools won't fit into a tight quarter. Epoxy glue could solve that problem too by using it to make a temporary knob to remove a bolt or stud, or even make a hand tightening knob and a rare or hard to find bolt ... lots of options here.
I ended up stopping shutting down the video as I kept coming up with more an more ideas to use this putty, crazy how once you actually try a thing or 2 it can open up a whole host of new ideas and options.
Colin Knecht
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