Blood-red inlay fill needed. Recommendations?

[John Sonksen]

David, I think I saw that Woodcraft in Tigard has inlace, I'd double check but pretty sure I saw some there.

[Jason Rodgers]

I think you're right, John. Give em a ring, David.

[Art Davila]

Yesterday I tried an experiment using a 10 minute "gel" epoxy (thixotropic) and adding a drop of red transtint. I get a very dark red that's semi transparent. The epoxy had a very hard time hardening up. It's still too soft after 24H.
I'm going to the auto parts store to look for a tube of white bondo and some universal tint.

Ok so it been more than a month what did you finally do?
Also did you ever try the white bondo?
And did you monitor the epoxy beyond the 24 hrs?
Did it ever fully cure?

[David King]

Hi fellows,
I was able or order the red Inlace from a little place on the East coast. Driving to Tigard for me is like a trip to the moon.
Inlace is interesting stuff. It's plain old polyester (or vinylester) resin with a ground up mineral pigment that makes it behave a bit like cornstarch and water (thixotropic for sure). The pigment likes to drop out of suspension and it isn't quite opaque. If you put it on a dark wood it looks very dark. It's really hard to get the inlace to fill the cavities without getting bubbles down in the corners and the bubbles won't pop on their own. I think applying it with a disposable syringe might be the answer vs the popsicle stick they supply. I need to finish up that project so I'll be sure to post photos soon.