Make Your Own Wood Filler

Recently when dovetailing drawers together a slip of the bit resulted in an overcut.

Make your own wood filler. Make your own wood filler. Thanks for watching and please like and subscribe for more woodworking videos every tuesday. Add the wood glue to the wood dust while mixing with your fingers or putty knife. So that means it will complement your furniture project.

The sawdust left over from sanding is the raw ingredient for a wood filler more durable than the wood itself and capable of taking stain. Keeping in mind that the saw dust it what gives the color to your diy filler while the glue will be the bonding agent finding the right ratio of glue to sawdust will produce a putty like compound. This diy wood filler recipe is easy to make easy to sand and will save you money. With plenty of low cost commercial wood fillers and wood putties available you might wonder why you would want to make your own diy wood filler.

The final product after using this diy wood filler will match the color of your original wood really well and after drying overnight can be smoothed to a fine finish. Im sharing a diy wood filler recipe thats easy to make easy to sand and will save you money. This diy wood filler has two ingredients. It is really easy to make your own wood filler.

It will take some practice to determine how much your require but a good starting point is usually around a palm sized amount. You can also make your own wood putty and bulk filler for painted projects. Thank you for stopping by. This substance is easily applied with a putty knife and can be stained to completely eliminate the appearance of gouges or dings.

By journal staff nov 20 2014. The glue to sawdust ratio. Simple way to make free wood filler when you dont get joints as tight as you would like. Despite our best efforts our woodworking projects sometimes have little mistakes in them.

The most important ingredient is sawdust from your project. Not to worry because you can make your own and it will probably match more closely than a store bought one. Stop wasting your hard earned money on store bought wood fillers that dont match your project. Still many skilled woodworkers make their own wood fillers for a few reasons.

While the recipe to make your own wood filler with sawdust is not at all a complicated one there are some small considerations. Fill those little gaps and blemishes with homemade wood dough. Off the shelf wood fillers are easy to work with and some are tinted to mimic the colors of various wood types.