Bogie Rotted

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Bogie Rotted

Post by Espresso »

Guys,

Here is a snap shot of my prize Bogie, i gave it har restyle yesterday and discovered that the left side of the base is rotting. I will have to do a major carve and use wood hardener.

Grant
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If I was you I would go with the flow. Carve so that water does not get caught. Wood hardener on a wood this soft would just be an uphill battle in my opinion. Go with the flow then you can work with the future not against it.
Oh nice trees by the way :)
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Nice trunk Espresso
As brett says, just carve and avoid any repeats if you can

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Re: Bogie Rotted

Post by anttal63 »

agreed with all said here. :D 8-)
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