Hello all,Does anyone have any tips they could share on filling cork.What kind of glue is reccomended?I use titebond III to glue my rings together.I tried mixing this and some cork dust and it filled pretty good but is darker than the rest of the ring.Is there something I could tint with?Could I use a clear two part epoxy as a binder?Seems that might be a mess to work with though.Does coarseness of the cork dust have any bearing?I tried a search on this subject but did not find much info.Any ideas are appreciated.

There's a lot of adhesives that can be used; Rod Bond, your Titebond, and I've used several others, too. They'll all work pretty good.

I saw Ralph O'Quinn doing this with Rod Bond in Charlotte; he'd mix some 'titanium dioxide', a white pigment (he was using a powdered variety that I haven't been able to find yet) to get the color lighter. His matches were really as close to perfect as I've seen. I have what the local hardware store uses to add to paint to color it (the white pigment) that's also called titanium dioxide and plan on trying that next patch job that I undertake.

I've also been going to try, at least on larger holes that need filling, to cut the inside of the hole larger than the surface area's size of hole so that even if the bond broke between the grip and the filler, the patch wouldn't fall out. Just haven't run into any filling problems since I thought of trying it.

Putter
Williston, ND

Dave-
I find that using oak wood dough comes the closest to matching the color of the cork. And very easy to use. Pat

Elmer's Wood Filler is used by a lot of builders. Comes in squeezable tubes, applies easily with your finger tips, dries ready for sanding in about an hour, and sands very easily. The Golden Oak color is what I use, when dry it is just very slightly lighter than the cork I've been using. There's a darker Walnut color I've been meaning to try, but the golden Oak is good enough. The tube I use is labeled "Interior", but the handles I've repaired for personal use have stood up well.