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Originally Posted by Ivan Helmrich

OK, I guess I have to confess, I learned the CA trick while building RC planes. The baking soda works much like "kicker" for the CA, accelerating the cure. This may or may not be a good thing in this case. It may cause the adhesive to cure too fast, not allowing it to wick as far into the wood. I think you are right, some experimentation may be in order.

Rick, I like epoxy for this also, but the 1 to 1 mixes found at the hardware store are too thick in my opinion. A laminating epoxy like West or Pro-set are better choices. This also takes a lot longer to cure and the protective gloves warning still stands.

I like this thread, lots of good techniques for extending the utility of an inexpensive, easy to use material.

could use this perhaps http://www.3m.com/US/auto_marine_aer...ml?itemNbr=208

ive used it before on my hobie cat, its pretty tough sutff....

although ive found it does crack when there is high force dircted at it(such as if it was hit with a chisel
after it had cured)but it does work good for filling things