Inlaying Into Purpleheart

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I just finished up a few laser cut padauk inlays to put into my purpleheart headstock. I've done this sort of thing with ebony before, as in filling the gaps between the inlay and the wood with wood dust and epoxy and it worked wonders with the ebony. My question is how well can this be done, as in inlaying into purpleheart? Will the results be as good? Will the boarders between the inlay and wood show?

[verhoevenc]

Try it first on some scrap. The USUAL problem encountered is that wood dust + glue doesn't always equal the same hue as the wood alone (the glue type adds some coloring, etc.). So use some purpleheart scrap, route any old random small channel in it, and hten fill it how you think would be best, let dry, and then sand high and polish out and see how noticeable it is. That'll give you a good idea.

Chris

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Seems reasonable. I will have to experiment before I go ahead and do it. Thanks

[cSuttle]

If your gaps aren't too big, the PH wood dust should work great.

Edited October 5, 2007 by cSuttle

[low end fuzz]

it does look fine imo; but thats after you gett some finish on it; it looks too dark compared to the raw wood

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it does look fine imo; but thats after you gett some finish on it; it looks too dark compared to the raw wood

are you saying it looks fine after finish is sprayed onto it, or before?

[Kenny]

hes saying after its all finished it looks fine

my experiance is that over time the purple heart will fade and turn brown so you will eventually get a little browner area where u filled in, but other than that i see no problems.