bees wax or spackle
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don't waste your time with spackle. If you can't find beeswax than use bondo. hint, bondo should be thin enough to see through on your seams and put tape of something over the screw in the middle and if you don't use that screw mark the slate so the next mechanic knows there no screw under that bondo.
Donny,
I can't find bees wax. Can I use the wax from a wax ring that are used under toilets?
Gary
You can get bondo at any automotive store or walmart type places.
ChrisShanklin
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Craft stores sell blocks of beeswax for candle making. If you have an AC Moore near you they may have it.
I've never taken a torch to ring wax so wouldn't know if it hardens.
Bondo works fine. Try Autozone if you can't find it anywhere else.
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I've never used a wax ring from a toilet but it will never harden it will stay sticky and gooey for ever. Go to a local billiard store they should sell you some. the wax at the craft store is not the same either doesnt work as well. I get cones of wax from Muellers www.poolndarts.com
Agreed. Wax ring is too soft, and craft wax/candle wax sometimes has other stuff mixed in that messes with the consistency. You can also get bondo at Home Depot.
Any particular kind of bondo? I wonder if the bondo will become too hard after I put it into the screw holes in the slate. I mean in the future if someone needs to take it apart again, they will have trouble?
PM your address and I will mail you a blue wax stick which is formulated for slate seams and screw holes.
Bondo brand auto body filler. You need to "plug" the holes with something before you fill them. I've seen holes cut out index cards, I've seen pennies, etc. Just something to prevent the bondo from filling in the screw heads so you can get them out if you ever have to take it apart.
Just make sure there's not a heat source near the table if you're going to use wax. It'll end up softening under the heat and getting all over the back of your cloth in the seam. You'll also want to fill the holes a couple times because the wax will shrink as it cools and you'll have a dip where that hole is.
If you don't take 911 up on his offer then find a small tub of standard bondo.
Digging out bondo down the road is no big deal.
The key is to put a piece of tape over the screwhead so the bondo doesn't get into the slots.
* you just beat me to it Josh
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Thanks. I'll go to the auto store tomorrow and get Bondo. Now that you explained how to fill the screw holes, I feel comfortable using Bondo.
Pat, thanks for the offer. I will try the Bondo tomorrow because I hope to get the table finished for the weekend. I appreciate all your help on this and my disassembly questions.
I'm still a fan of Durham's RockHard. Old habits die hard I guess. Ron Ayotte @ A1 Billiards in Vegas told me about 26-27 years ago that's all he used and since then, that's all I've used. Just not in the threads of screws everyone!!! 
Anyone using it, needs to learn to stick a piece of tape over them.....damn it!!!
Anyone using it, needs to learn to stick a piece of tape over them.....damn it!!!Durham's
Known Ron forever, can still catch him in the shop some times great guy. Lot of great stories from years and years ago. Not really on topic but nice to see his name. Turned me on to Durhams also.
I'm still a fan of Durham's RockHard. Old habits die hard I guess. Ron Ayotte @ A1 Billiards in Vegas told me about 26-27 years ago that's all he used and since then, that's all I've used. Just not in the threads of screws everyone!!!
Known Ron forever, can still catch him in the shop some times great guy. Lot of great stories from years and years ago. Not really on topic but nice to see his name. Turned me on to Durhams also.
Got a chuckle out of me! Durhams is a two part mix also.....real tought one huh? H20 :grin-square:
He's still around eh? He was one of the most well respected mechanics around during his "youth". Kind of like the Glen of today's mechanics on this forum. Used to run into him at trade shows and shoot the $hit with him. Great info came from that man! If you ever see him again, tell him Robin from "The Cue Doctor" in Ames, IA says howdy. (managed that company eons ago)
Maybe im the only one but i've had a few issues trying to put tables that had bondo back together again easily. The best thing i've found for filling the cracks is water putty found at almost any hardware store including every home depot and lowes. Its a simple powder that u mix with a small amount of water. And after it dry's its easily sandable if needed. Much easier than bondo... Oh and a 12oz can costs about 2 dollars to boot.