"Brian D" wrote in message news:A3Enc.17068$z06.2909008@attbi_s01...
Scotty,

Where do you get the pine wood flour? I know RAKA sells Maple ...do they
sell pine too?

Yes, Larry sells both. And I find that taking mahogany flour from my
sander makes muck that is too dark to match the rest of the project.
Scotty


Brian

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"Backyard Renegade" wrote in message
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(William R. Watt) wrote in message
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"Brian D" ) writes:
Cotton fibers or wood flour are better for your size of boats, Scotty
...can't remember the WEST designations for these (and you have to ask
them
what is in many of their fillers anyway...)

I've got good wood four by sifting sawdust through a fine sieve, in
small
quantities. The seive I use is for straining tea. GA has noted here
before
that ordinary flour sives are too coaurse for getting good wood flour
from
sawdust.

Yeah, but for 10 bucks I get a bucket of beautifully ground powder,
enough for half a season. Remember, many of my boats are clearcoated
for customers so I must match textures and colors too. But even with
my big painted plywood skiffs, I would not go scratching through a
pile of sawdust looking for a tin of powder, it is just to cheap to
buy it. I am not a fanatic, I have grabbed a handfull of sander dust
in a pinch, but I got the color matching down pretty good with the
pine and maple and combinations of the two.
Scotty