I have an unsightly crack in one of the maple squares in the chess board table top that I'm making.
It got worse after some of the purple heart saw dust from the other squares got into the crack.
I cleaned it out with a needle and tried filling it with glue and saw dust...hmm doesn't look too good
Then tried wood putty and saw dust same thing.
Last I cleaned it out again, and tapped a narrow wedge of maple into the crack with glue, let it cure, cut it off and sanded it flush...still really doesn't look great, when I oiled the table top it looks greenish with black lines on either side.
Any ideas on how to repair this to make it less noticeable.
I'm no inlay-meister.