Questions tagged [wood-filler]
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How can I fill the gaps between barn wood siding boards?
I want to better weatherproof an old shed that has barn wood siding. Most of the boards have a gap between them, and these gaps can be as wide as 3/8" although most are more like 1/4". The boards ...
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Wood filler for rotten top of post
The top of this railing post is rotted and the post is not easy to replace. Luckily the rest of the post seems solid. What kind of wood filler product can I use to fill the rotted out holes before ...
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Alternative to Silicone Wood Filler for Door Frame
We're very nearly at the end of a very tiresome refurb of our downstairs area. As you can see from the photos, our builder has used silicone wood filler where the floor meets the door-frame. His ...
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Wood glue + sawdust filler not drying
I made a wood filler using wood glue and sawdust to fill some stripped out holes in a shelf. The holes are maybe 3/8" x 1" deep so there was a fair amount to fill. Now it is a full 24 hours ...
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Filling holes in a timber workbench top
I got an old workbench with a top made by a pair of railway sleepers (I assume this is timber).
It was very old and sticky with paint stains and not very plane at all, so I tried to use a router and a ...
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Best way to replace caster wheels
I have a nice oak desk chair that's on caster wheels. The plastic wheel inserts used by the manufacturer broke up and crumbled, of course, because that's what plastic does when used in high-stress ...
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How can I fill and flatten unneeded hinge mortices for painting?
I have removed a bathroom door and installed a sliding barn door on the other side of the wall. The door frame in the bathroom now has the open sores of where the three hinges came off. The house ...
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Fill groove in MDF door
I'm painting some MDF doors, and noticed that someone appears to have run a stanley knife over one of them, perhaps whilst removing them from their packing.
I've sanded the area back as much as I can,...
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Raise and support a sunken laminate floorboard without removing the entire floor?
I have a tongue-and-groove laminate floor, laid on 3mm foam underlay on concrete slab. After around 10 years of use, the long edge of one floorboard now drops around 1mm when stepped on. I think ...
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How to reattach door handle where wood behind has deteriorated?
More door handle fun. So our apartment inside front door handle has fallen off as all 3 screws fell out. You can see the mess they were screwed into below:
I need to put this back on in the same ...
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Particular wood filler suitable for oil finish?
I'm going to try doing an oil finish for the first time. I'm going to try Minwax Antique Oil Finish: http://www.minwax.com/wood-products/specialty-finishes/minwax-antique-oil-finish
The wood I'm ...
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Does copper mesh react with wood?
I have about a quarter-sized hole in my door frame from where the bolt used to go, with a bigger hollow void behind it - and I want to fill this hole. I was contemplating using some copper mesh I had ...
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Tips for extending the window sill
The extended sill would have a depth of about 2 inches.
If I were to extend the window sill using the below approach, would that be strong and stable enough? I may plan to add an additional interior ...
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Is it a problem to have gaps and holes in the subfloor of a hardwood floor?
I've been pulling moulding and trim off and on for a few days for an upcoming custom closet install. The community was great in helping me to figure out ways to get the trim off the wall. I've ...
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Completely paint with wood filler?
I have a very old house with many layers of exterior paint. I am trying to have a new paint job "done right". They removed as much paint as they could using stripper and scraping, but there was still ...
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Replacing filler in hardwood floors
My new apartment has a wooden floor laid in it, but there are a number of places where the larger knots have been filled in with some kind of filler that is black. The timber is tallowwood (quite pale)...
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Filling in gaps around radiator pipes
So I've been sleuthing on here for a minute to find an answer to my special quirk here but couldn't find it so now I'm asking.
So I have some annoying holes near my radiators but they connect downward ...
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Transparent stain on refinished windows requiring filler?
I'm having some old wooden windows restored. They currently have a dark stain with (the remains of) a transparent finish, and in an ideal world I'd want to stay with that. However the wood is in bad ...
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How can I hide this imperfection in wood joint?
I am working on making wood panel for one of my wall ( I made this wood panel using prined mdf ). All the wood joints are not that much noticable except two. I used wood filler in all joints including ...
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How to fill in hinge and door handle mortises?
Replaced an interior hollow core hinge door with a bi-folding one and now need to fill in the mortises in jambs.
I've read people recommending all sorts of things and got a bit confused. There's ...
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Can I widen the hole with a drill to straighten the handle?
I messed up the measurements of one of the IKEA kitchen handles. 32mm Vs 29mm to the edge, so 3mm off.
Do you think I can drill to widen one hole left 1.5mm and the other hole right by 1.5mm and then ...
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Can I fill and paint a split porch post or is replacement recommended?
My wife and I both noticed this week that in the cold temperatures (northern Ohio) the wood on one of the columns on our front porch has split near the bottom, where it contacts concrete (see images ...
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How to remove wood filler to get to the screws
I have a wobbly table leg and so I want to get to the screws that are meant to be hold the leg in place. How do I get to the screw heads that are covered in wood filler (or maybe wood glue).
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Skirting board filler chipping off
We’re about to paint our skirting board with black gloss paint but some of the filler is chipping off in places.
Should we remove the areas of filling that are chipping off and refill those only or ...
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How to fix gaps between laminate flooring and a door
We moved in to our house just before covid and had a trained "friend" fit our laminate flooring but since have come to realise he hasn't done a very good job and has stopped replying to ...
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How should I fill gaps in wooden skirting board etc?
I got this product to fill deep holes. It is a general purpose filler which states:
This is a non-shrink, ready mixed mortar made with natural hydraulic lime, siliceous and calcareous sand (0-0.6mm) ...
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Filler to fill gap between frame and wood in the balcony
What kind of filler should I use to fill the crack as shown in the picture? This is outside in my balcony where the sliding door frame meets the wood. I have actually seen small mushrooms sprout up in ...
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Rectify smooth filler patches on sand and cement skimmed wall
Someone did me a favour and sand and cemented by porch (long story). It had a few cracks afterwards and as I had lots of other things to filler I decided to filler all of the cracks "while i was at ...
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What are some ways to fill a small gap between a wooden column and a concrete wall
I have wood pergola columns connecting to my house through fixtures which are fitted into grooves in the wood. The wood was cut slightly too short (or due to small variations in the wall), there is a ...
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What to do about the cracks on my wood floor?
I am trying to do some repairs of the floor. As you can see on photos, there are some cracks, dents, and gouges.
I am thinking of getting wood filler for these, but I am not sure which one would be ...
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Oak floor boards - getting an even finish with Polyx Oil
I’m using Polyx Oil hard wax finish on a new oak floor. The boards are grade A2 or B French oak, and I’ve used 2 part filler (Ronseal, “natural” colour) to fill splits, knots and some areas of uneven ...
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Weatherproof stainable gap filler for rail to stile joint
I'm refinishing an entry door. There is a small gap between the bottom rail and the stile. (1/16" or less, I'd say.) I want to fill that gap to prevent water infiltration, but I'm concerned that, with ...
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Filling in holes in a wooden porch frame made by bees
I have a question on filling in holes on the post of my sunroom.
left image: sunroom and a hole on the red box.
right image: a hole (on the red box).
The hole is about a half depth of the post.
Would ...
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How Do I Repair this Door Damage?
The previous owner apparently hacked out a piece of the door. How should I fix it? If I use wood filler, what's the best way to mold it so that it's square? Is there a better fix? (I don't want to ...
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How do I use DAP plastic wood filler safely?
I'm trying to install a storm door on an outdoor patio in my house. There are a number of holes in the wood from previous screen door installations I think:
I want to make sure the wood will hold ...
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What can I use as a non-fouling exterior filler for countersunk screws in vertical painted wood?
I mostly work with exterior torx drive screws if I'm not nailing up.
What technique/material is there for filling a the hole of countersink without fouling the drive on the screw head, yet allows ...
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Filling gaps in polished wood table
I have a really nice polished wood table (not sure exactly what wood, sorry), which has some gaps in various places (see photos below). As we use it as a kitchen table, it's not great as all the ...
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How to fill a big cavity on a wooden door frame?
Due to an impact against it, the door lock casing in the wood frame has been uprooted. I managed to fix it back the metal part and some wooden pieces, but there still is a quite huge cavity with un-...
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What STAINABLE wood fill is best to use on a plywood floor? [closed]
I am doing a quick fix on an existing plywood, unfinished floor. I need to fill the gaps between boards before staining, then applying polyurethane.
I have plenty of Minwax Stainable Wood Filler to ...
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How to sand, stain and seal wood filler in a knothole
I have this knot hole in the floor:
I want to fill it with wood filler and then sand, stain and seal it.
I have a few questions though:
How do I find out what sealant was used before? I assume it ...
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Best way to cover up this hole drilled when installing a ceiling fan?
So I installed a ceiling fan intending to cover up the wire holes with trim. As you can see below the holes drilled were too big. The entire house uses this size and type of trim. It would look weird ...
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Wood filler or glue for small fracture after nailing?
I stupidly neglected to pre-drill a hole before nailing into a thin bit of wood, causing a small (hairline, inch each way) split.
I believe it needs only a cosmetic repair - and it would be hard to ...
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Should I sand my traditional wood floor before staining?
I live in a flat with traditional wood flooring boards. They are pretty much in good condition although some have gaps of a few mm. Anyway we want to fill those gaps probably using Bona Gap Master (I ...
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Uneven Paint Layers [closed]
I have some spots that look like the wood was scraped and painted without sanding or filling so you can see the different layers / heights. Please recommend grit(s) to use on my random orbital sander ...
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Which method for these sorts of marks on this sort of of light oak or pine wood door?
Which method for these sorts of marks on this sort of of light oak or pine wood door?
I have read about rubbing walnuts and web stores have all sorts of different touch up pens and fillers. But not ...
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To replace the whole frame of just fill it in and paint it [duplicate]
The painter came and gave two options. He said either he could fill in the damaged area of the frame or he could replace the whole frame. What are your thoughts? Is it worth replacing the whole frame ...
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Exterior spackle for skim coating (old, cracked) painted wood siding?
I'm under the impression that, because wood expands and contracts significantly, esp. when subject to large variations in temperature and moisture levels, there are really NO reliable skim coat ...
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Can I apply caulk over exterior wood filler?
I am re-caulking trim that is over T-111 siding over my window that faces the brunt force of winds and rain in the Pacific Northwest.
There were leaks over the window that appeared to be coming in ...
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