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OOPS! Need help with melamine repair!!!
1UP:
Interesting...how would I tint the filler?
1UP:
Never mind. I guess I'll just get the black filler so i don't have to muss with painting or tinting.
1UP:
Okay, I got the filler. It's called SeamFil. Got it at the lumberyard where I bought the melamine. I tried it on a test piece by filling a chipped corner. The trick is to put in quite a bit more than needed, since it shrinks a little when dry. I used a long blade from a utilty knife to shave down most of the large bumps left over, then sanded down the rest with a very fine grit sandpaper. It's very hard to detect without close inspection. Yay! No painting needed! ;D
shmokes:
--- Quote from: 1UP on July 15, 2002, 03:54:22 am ---Also, I knocked one corner off the marquee area. Actually broke off on one side when the somewhat large cutout piece dropped off at the end of the cut! Took out a triangular piece about an inch across, on one side of the board. This is not my day... ::) Any suggestions?
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I'm an idiot. I just did the same thing to a corner in my marquee area about an hour ago. I remembered reading a thread regarding melamine repair which led me here only to find out that I should have been paying closer attention when I read it the first time ::)
I almost deserve it, though. When I was about a foot away from finishing my cut I thought about it breaking off as the scrap was pretty big and I veered away from my line a bit more to give it some room to break rather than putting a support under the scrap (laziness - it never pays). Then about an inch away from finishing my cut it broke -- a lot more than I had calculated for. Damn it.
I cut the corner out of the scrap and woodglued it back to my side panel. Tomorrow I'll fill the cracks (with what? Wood filler? Bondo?) and track down some of that Seamfil to fix the laminate.
The funny thing is, I'm working off of your plans (thanks, btw, they're great). And it happened in the same place. Black melamine and everything. I think there's a conspiracy going on. ;D
str1der:
Just a suggestion to prevent breaks when cutting and blade binding. Instead fo using saw horses or other support go buy a 4X8 1.5 " thick piece of that pink foam insulation foam board. Just lay it on the ground and put your MDF right on top. Then set your circular saw depth to just a little deeper that your MDF thickness. It makes cutting a breeze and you wood is supported completly.