RE: Baking soda method
You can use baking soda and CA to fill a gap, however you will need 60 grit sandpaper to sand it smoothe. You will also want to watch your eyes and lungs as the CA will emit a nasty smoke on contact with the CA. A couple of other options would be to fill the seam with putty or glue some left over scrap wood in the joint with carpenters glue. Good Luck, Dave