I stopped using store bought wood filler on my dining table rebuild

Spent 3 hours filling cracks in a 1920s oak table with that pink stuff from Home Depot and it all shrunk and cracked after a week. Switched to mixing my own filler out of sawdust and Titebond glue, costs maybe $2 total and actually stays put. Anyone else ditch the premade stuff for their own mix?

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jana_lewis164d ago

1920s oak, man, that stuff is like iron. 18 months ago I tried patching a hole in my own kitchen island with that same pink filler and it looked perfect for exactly 2 days before it sank. I switched to the sawdust and Titebond mix after that too, but I go heavy on the glue so it dries rock hard. Bonus is you can sand it down without it crumbling into dust.

harris.aaron4d ago

Yo that trick with the heavy glue is key, I do the same thing with my Titebond and it sands down flat after a day.