Afternoon all - I'm a very novice woodturner and and trying to turn a spalted beech blank- I have used hardener to provide some solidity to some of the softer areas and all is going well. On sanding the base and outer edge I have noticed a number of very small holes and cracks which I would like to fill as I would like a good shine on the finished fruit bowl. I have tried this trick before and used a "light" filler from screwfix that eventually dried a rust colour which completely spoiled a huge very light coloured chestnut bowl I hade spent hours on!
What is the best way to approach this as I would like the holes and and cracks to just fade away into the rest of the bowl - they are very very small so shouldn't be too complex.
This is currently sanded to 240 - pencil for scale.
Any pointers gratefully received,
Dan