Homemade Wood Grain Filler

Ok i confess i m a perfectionist.

Homemade wood grain filler.

Again this is a limitation of all wood fillers. Such a finish requires the grain to be filled. Open grained woods such as oak walnut or mahogany however may require the use of a filler. Before mixing the sawdust with carpenter s glue remember that this water soluble product has a color of its own and gives the filler an unappealing grayish tinge clear epoxy glue is a better choice especially if you need to mold the filler around the edge of a piece of wood.

If you plan to stain your project afterword homemade wood filler typically takes up the stain very similarly to the actual wood. You can t match wood grain. Most grain fillers are roughly the viscosity of pancake batter making them easy to work into the. Some of them include.

The other ingredient in a homemade sawdust wood filler is something to hold it together. To me there are few things worse than completing a wood project and having gaps in joints or noticeable circles where a hole was filled with wood putty. This might sound ridiculous but save your wood dust. If you don t believe me just ask my wife.

The remaining filler accentuates the grain. After the filler has dried jim sands the entire surface with 120 grit to remove the filler from the non porous areas. Besides money there are still few reasons where you may want to make and use a diy homemade grain filler for oak wood. Stop wasting your hard earned money on store bought wood fillers that don t match your project.

You can fill close grained woods such as cherry or maple with a couple of coats of finish. Wood putty or wood filler is a much thicker mixture and is used to fill larger cracks and voids in the wood. You want to get a close match by mixing some sawdust from the same wood with a wood glue. Why make your own wood filler.

Jim applies the paste filler to the surface with a small plastic spreader as shown below pushing the creamy material across the grain into the pores of the wood. Grain fillers also called pore fillers or paste wood fillers are divided into two categories. This close match is achieved by using the wood itself by mixing sawdust from the same wood with a binder typically wood glue. I m sharing a diy wood filler recipe that s easy to make eas.

Grain filler is a binder mixed with a filler material such as silica micro balloons clay or calcium carbonate to for a thin paste. Do it yourself wood filler is often called cabinetmaker s putty since woodworkers and fine carpenters often create their own filler to closely match a particular woodworking project. A few final tips.