Hello All:
I'm working on a couple of Morris chairs with steam bent arms and back slats. In order to bend kiln dried QS white oak, I've been soaking them in Downy fabric softener and its been working fine with one exception. I'm getting a lot of checking at the ends. Stupidly, I cut to length before soaking/steaming/bending so I can't cut anything away. These will be ammonia fumed so any repair probably needs to done right at the end.
Suggestions on how I can fill these cracks and prevent more splitting? Epoxy? Epoxy with sawdust? Other options?
Thanks,
Jim
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