Advice on painting my keezer's collar

[Leard]

Hardly a brewing related question, more of a DIY question. However we don't have a DIY board. I recently made myself a keezer collar with wood from B&Q. Because they weren't offering the wood cutting service I ended up cutting the wood down myself using a hand saw. Obviously the sides didn't end up being the straightest and so I've filled in the gaps using acrylic sealant, also from B&Q. I now want to wood stain the collar, however I don't think it'll work on the filler so they'll be obvious gaps in the wood stain where the filler is. So probably painting it would be a better idea. Any ideas of what paint to use to make it look the best? I really like the wood effect that I've seen on other keezer's and would like to get as close to that as possible.

 

[xozzx]

Could you use something like this to cover the corners?

Mine werent particularly neat either so I covered them and stained the collar with Colron danish oil, came out looking pretty good.

 

[Leard]

Could you use something like this to cover the corners?

Mine werent particularly neat either so I covered them and stained the collar with Colron danish oil, came out looking pretty good.
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That might do the job actually. Did you just glue them straight onto the wood? Only issue is if I can find some big enough. I haven't done 45" angles to connect the wood, just two shorter sides. So I'd need to find one that covers the entire thickness of the wood which is about 44mm.

 

[Joust]

Could you use something like this to cover the corners?

Mine werent particularly neat either so I covered them and stained the collar with Colron danish oil, came out looking pretty good.
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That looks nice.

 

[xozzx]

Did you just glue them straight onto the wood?

Yes, just a bit of wood glue down both sides. Dont use too much and wipe away any that squeezes out as the danish oil wont absorb if any glue left over.