{"id":11981,"date":"2000-01-01T11:15:06","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=11981"},"modified":"2019-06-27T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:19:25","slug":"what-can-i-do-about-knots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/what-can-i-do-about-knots\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can I Do About Knots?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Knots\n are one of those topics that always seem to split the room. Some of us \nlove em! &#8220;Yes! Bring on Rustic Appeal!!&#8221; Others dread the very thought \nof coming across a single knot! Sometimes this is just a matter of \npreference, yet in some cases it just might be a matter knowing what to \ndo with them! We offer some great tips and tricks on how you can work \nwith these &#8220;Characters!&#8221; Knots are often great for bring a real color \npop to your take Alder for example! Alder (often refereed to as &#8220;The \nPoor Man&#8217;s Cherry&#8221;) with a bit of Color tint I.E Black tint! Wanna see \nhow it&#8217;s done!?! &nbsp;Take a look at this great instructional article put \ntogether by Mark Stephens! &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/tips-tricks\/how-to-fill-knot-holes-and-cracks-with-black-epoxy\/\">http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/tips-tricks\/how-to-fill-knot-holes-and-cracks-with-black-epoxy\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/9025741413\/original\/F3NJWzwv33MFEiroLl2zvZAcQ2jhBU86vg.jpg?1491676354\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Or\n Perhaps you want those knots to have a more distressed or weathered \nsuch as these! Look here! Here is yet another great article by Mark that\n shows 6 ways to you can rustic or reclaim look with your lumber! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/tips-tricks\/6-alder-wood-finishes-for-rustic-reclaimed-weathered-or-distressed-looks\/\">http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/tips-tricks\/6-alder-wood-finishes-for-rustic-reclaimed-weathered-or-distressed-looks\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/9025741616\/original\/vkfdZpAC4tgwy8-rb420ZLoo-CAW1P0duQ.jpg?1491677195\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/9025741604\/original\/fVN0lTQ87vY8Y3IPCg7taqpC4KIlsLII_A.jpg?1491677161\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knots are one of those topics that always seem to split the room. Some of us love em! &#8220;Yes! Bring on Rustic Appeal!!&#8221; Others dread the very thought of coming across a single knot! Sometimes this is just a matter of preference, yet in some cases it just might be a matter knowing what to <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/what-can-i-do-about-knots\/\">&#8230;<br \/><small><em><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/em> <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":11982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lumber-help-faq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11983,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981\/revisions\/11983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}