Wood Putty?

[Ironcrow]

OK, I need to fill some countersink screw holes on the porch ceiling planks. I guess I need "wood putty" but I have found this stuff difficult to deal with when I've used it before. Wood is not my thing. It all says on the can "doesn't shrink, sands, sticks good". For me, none of it sticks well and it still shrinks. Is there a particular type or brand that works? Is it a matter of technique? What do I need to do?

 

[PassnThru]

Are you painting or staining the wood?

 

[wbclassics]

DAP Plastic Wood in a CAN. Use as directed and it works fine. If you work the material too much, the solvent evaporates quickly and it becomes very chunky and doesn't stick well.

Buy the can, it'll last longer than the tube packaged products. Make sure you keep the can inverted as the instructions recommend, so the material has no chance of drying out. For deep fills, build up in multiple layers for best results.

 

[cobymedic]

Mix the sawdust with a little wood glue, fill in the holes, little sanding and Bobs your Uncle. If you are staining it would be and the exact same, but I think it works better then wood putty any day and sawdust is normally pretty easy to find when working with wood. lol

 

[BOONEY7750]

Durham's Rock Hard water putty works for me

 

[tcianci]

I use Elmers wood filler. It's water based, dries reasonably fast and it will stick to about anything. I would use this if it were for an application that was to be painted. Staining wood fillers is somewhat of a **** shoot. If you plan to use a wood filler on holes on a project that is to be stained, first stain the project and apply a coat of polyurethane varnish when the stain is dry. Then fill your holes. The varnish will seal the wood and prevent the wood filler from wicking into the surrounding wood causing a darker area around the fastener. Then apply your 2nd coat of varnish.

 

[Ironcrow]

I'm painting it. Thanks for the suggestions in this thread. I've got several holes, so I can try them all I'll post back and let you know what happened.

 

[Tim G]

Auto body filler,or BONDO,works pretty well.

 

[djjsr]

As long as you're painting it, I agree with Bondo. At one time there was a product from Bondo that was specifically for wood. I've used it and it seemed to be no different than the Bondo autobody filler. I haven't been able to find it in any stores recently, so I tried Minwax wood filler. It also seems to be just like Bondo autobody filler only more expensive. I really don't know if there's any difference in the formula but it doesn't seem so.

If you decide to use Bondo, don't mix too much at one time. It dries quickly. Use a flexible plastic spreader and it will need very little sanding.

 

[metalhead212121]

bumping this old thread.... quick question. Im gonna be using wood putty in the near future and then Im going to paint the wood. After I finish painting it I was thinking about putting a clear lacquer finish on it.. am I asking for problems putting lacquer on??

Dan

 

[sscustom]

diy. take you dust bag from your mitre saw mix it up with some wood glue but make sure you been cutting the same wood you dont want to bled 2 differant wood colours

 

[gavinkong13]

Mix the sawdust with a little wood glue, fill in the holes, little sanding and Bobs your Uncle.

 

[brianh]

bumping this old thread.... quick question. Im gonna be using wood putty in the near future and then Im going to paint the wood. After I finish painting it I was thinking about putting a clear lacquer finish on it.. am I asking for problems putting lacquer on??

Dan

The lacquer will lift most enamels and wrinkles up latex you could use a clear water base lacquer.

Or use a lacquer paint followed with traditional lacquer.

On the original topic bondo works well as does epoxy mixed with sawdust.

 

[Red05GT]

The Bondo wood filler product is available at Sherwin Williams. I recently used it on some
paint grade outdoor trim and it worked great. Dries quickly, sands easily, and accepts
paint well.