dealing with a "soft spot"

[Wooddust]

I have a bit of veined silver birch which is beginning to look nice, but I have come across a bit that is a bit softer than the rest causing some pull out. how do i deal with this?

[Lazurus]

Mt go to is thin CA and flood it.

[Wooddust]

Thanks for that, heading out now to do it. Should be dry enough to have a go after tea.

[Lazurus]

make sure you wear eye protection as sometimes it will fling even when been left a while.

[Les Symonds]

For future reference.....the CA approach is fine, but costly over a large area, particularly if you need to take several fine cuts off the surface and then require a second treatment of the grain. There are cheaper alternatives, such as giving the surface a good coat of cellulose sanding sealer, or even a proprietary wood hardener sold by companies like Ronseal and Sika, readily available in large DIY outlets.

Whatever approach, one basic rule always applies.....fine cuts with sharp tools!
Les

[Derek]

I use the sander sealer approach but I do tend to thin mine. I just recently did a walnut bowl using this treatment. You may need to do this a few times as the turning may go below the sealer as you progress.
Take a look at THIS the last picture in my first post shows a before picture

[Sandy]

Hi Lazarus (and everyone),
re   "make sure you wear eye protection as sometimes it will fling even when been left a while.' seems to suggest that this isn't the norm?
 
I believe all of us turners should always wear eye protection, as a minimum, before the lathe (or any machine) is switched on.

[Lazurus]

Hi Lazarus (and everyone),
re   "make sure you wear eye protection as sometimes it will fling even when been left a while.' seems to suggest that this isn't the norm?
 
I believe all of us turners should always wear eye protection, as a minimum, before the lathe (or any machine) is switched on.

Certainly the norm in my workshop

[Wood spinner]

And a GOOD dust mask is essential ,
some tropical wood dust and wood spores can be lung killers 
That means you 

[seventhdevil]

what's a "wood spore" then?

[Wood spinner]

what's a "wood spore" then?

Perhaps I should have said fungi spores from spalted timbers