I was repairing an old rod handle today, man was it mess. Anyway after fighting with the paste for a while it made me wonder how others like their paste. I know it may be hard to discribe but thought I would ask. I have never measured the amount of glue vs cork dust but maybe someone has. I ended up liking a much softer paste than I normally use almost like margerine.

Are you using Rod Bond? I some times use a funiture scare finish repair kit. I mix alittle Rod Bond into the past. This wor rell in fixing small defects. What are you repairing? email me at warren334@myway.com
Good Wraps Bob

Filling cork is my least favorite thing. I don't even try to use paste anymore. Now I use model airplane cement, which I put in the hole with a needle. Then I pack in cork dust. Then I wait about 20 minutes and gently sand. Then I do it again. And Again. And again. After about the 5th time it's pretty good.

Thankfully, it is believed that Andy Dear will shortly release for sale a cork filler. If it is of comparable quality to his other items, it may save the day for all of us cork afficianados.

When I do use a paste made of glue and cork dust, mine is probably about the consistency of toothpaste. I wait a minute or so, and use a damp sponge to wipe off the excess.

I tried rod bond for this once, but I put way too much on, and sanding my sloppy excess off was very very tough. (This speaks well to the toughness of Rod Bond, however).

Charles Horan

The only answer I found is Burl Cork!!!! LOL

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

Mike is right. Unless a guy is willing to pay REALLY high prices for very, very clear cork rings, we are stuck. I wonder if the Southern California climate would support a cork tree plant. I could rip out my tomato plants and...........
Charles Horan

It might work Charles. I read somewhere there was a grove of Cork Oaks growing in Florida and got wipped out by hurricanes.

I've always used a razor and sliced out only enough of the damaged area to fit a repair piece in. Make the repair piece very slightly large so you really have to squeeze it in tight. Epoxy and tape it tightly and let the epoxy set. Sand, and it disappears if everything was cut right..

Better than paste, in my opinion, unless you are talking about filling in minor voids and imperfections.

-TH