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1. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:49:53 -0400; I boxed in some basement windows in a very not-square house, and there are some gaps between the boxes and the casing molding that rests on the sheetrock walls, some as large as 1/2". The homeowner w; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00200.html (7,603 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:32:03 -0500; I'm not quite sure what exactly you've got going on, but it sounds like the right thing to do is patch the drywall. I've also used various extruded polystyrene bits, and polyethylene closed cell foam; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00202.html (7,836 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: "Peter J. Thomas" <pj_thomas@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:10:44 -0400; Bondo and the drywall are going to expand and contract differently with temperature changes, which next to a window will be significant. You should use gypsum compound, not bondo. Tape over it with f; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00203.html (9,320 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:44:23 -0500; I was going to suggest filling the gaps with strips of wood, maybe tapered strips of wood, then caulk/tape and bed what remains. I've cut long tapered strips of wood on my table saw using the rip fen; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00204.html (8,421 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:59:21 -0700; Jim - If you are after an easy way to add a little bit to extend the drywall, get some mesh tape and setting type drywall compound. It sets chemically in the time specified on the package. I'd probab; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00206.html (9,391 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:03:37 -0400; THat's great to know, I will likely go with that. Thanks! As for the rest of the responses, clearly I did a horrible job of explaining the issue :-) Here's someone else's basement and what I'm trying; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00215.html (11,040 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:42:17 -0400; I stand by my first answer- tapered strips of wood to go between the ends of the plywood box and the back face of the molding. You could rip them real fast with a table saw. _________________________; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00219.html (8,939 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: Jim Stone <jandkstone99@msn.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:54:14 -0500; the If moisture isn't an issue in the area, I am a big fan of Quick Fill (http://www.wel-cote.com/psshtm/quick%20fill.htm). You can trowel on thick layers (close to an inch is not a problem) and it; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00223.html (8,740 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:51:16 -0400; (http://www.wel-cote.com/psshtm/quick%20fill.htm). That would have been good to use but I'd already bought the Minwax product. It's essentially Bondo but at 4x the cost :-) The hardener was white so; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00230.html (8,359 bytes)
10. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:49:53 -0400; I boxed in some basement windows in a very not-square house, and there are some gaps between the boxes and the casing molding that rests on the sheetrock walls, some as large as 1/2". The homeowner w; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00497.html (8,731 bytes)
11. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: dmscheidt at gmail.com (David Scheidt); Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:32:03 -0500; I'm not quite sure what exactly you've got going on, but it sounds like the right thing to do is patch the drywall. I've also used various extruded polystyrene bits, and polyethylene closed cell foam; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00499.html (9,947 bytes)
12. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: pj_thomas at comcast.net (Peter J. Thomas); Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:10:44 -0400; Bondo and the drywall are going to expand and contract differently with temperature changes, which next to a window will be significant. You should use gypsum compound, not bondo. Tape over it with f; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00500.html (10,869 bytes)
13. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (BJNoSHOV8); Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:44:23 -0500; I was going to suggest filling the gaps with strips of wood, maybe tapered strips of wood, then caulk/tape and bed what remains. I've cut long tapered strips of wood on my table saw using the rip fen; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00501.html (10,170 bytes)
14. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: bk13 at earthlink.net (Brian Kemp); Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:59:21 -0700; Jim - If you are after an easy way to add a little bit to extend the drywall, get some mesh tape and setting type drywall compound. It sets chemically in the time specified on the package. I'd probab; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00503.html (11,211 bytes)
15. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:03:37 -0400; THat's great to know, I will likely go with that. Thanks! As for the rest of the responses, clearly I did a horrible job of explaining the issue :-) Here's someone else's basement and what I'm trying; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00512.html (12,859 bytes)
16. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (bjshov8 at tx.rr.com); Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:42:17 -0400; I stand by my first answer- tapered strips of wood to go between the ends of the plywood box and the back face of the molding. You could rip them real fast with a table saw.; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00516.html (9,989 bytes)
17. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: jandkstone99 at msn.com (Jim Stone); Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:54:14 -0500; the If moisture isn't an issue in the area, I am a big fan of Quick Fill (http://www.wel-cote.com/psshtm/quick%20fill.htm). You can trowel on thick layers (close to an inch is not a problem) and it; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00520.html (10,061 bytes)
18. [Shop-talk] Filling large gaps in wood? (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:51:16 -0400; (http://www.wel-cote.com/psshtm/quick%20fill.htm). That would have been good to use but I'd already bought the Minwax product. It's essentially Bondo but at 4x the cost :-) The hardener was white so; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00527.html (9,274 bytes)

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