Fillers

[Mike G]

What fillers do you guys use? What do you do to colour match fillers?

 

[AJB Temple]

Are we talking grain fillers or gap / crack fillers?

Normally I use two part epoxy wood filler for anything substantial (the Ronseal one is good but goes off very fast once mixed), for minor things in antiques I use hard restoration wax and blend colours from the sticks as needed. For surface filling I usually resort to the old luthiers habits and use a shellac based self dyed mix.

 

[Mike Jordan]

Brummer in natural oak colour for very small surface cracks. 12 or 16 mm tapered pellets are also handy.
Most of my work was in European oak or iroko, colour matching iroko is a nightmare since the colour will normally change when exposed to light. My answer is to make any required pellets from the same piece of material if colour is critical.

 

[AJB Temple]

Brummers is good but the colour is not true to the tin IME; it dries off lighter. Mine always seems to go rock hard in the tim in no time, whereas the two pack stuff lasts ages.

 

[Cabinetman]

I use this stuff, available in two colours white oak and mahogany which you could mix to get any of the shades in between I suppose, always had reliable results.
It’s available at all the main sheds.

 

[Mike G]

I tend to use the one cut off on the right hand side of your image, Ian. But it's getting pricey.

 

[Mike G]

Are we talking grain fillers or gap / crack fillers? .....

I don't use grain fillers. No, this is about hole fillers. (Gaps? What are gaps? )

 

[Windows]

Are the answers the same if you’re filling knots in oak flooring? Is anyone using linseed oil putty for filling?

 

[Trevanion]

I have all the colours of the 2-part Metolux fillers, pretty reasonably priced and you can mix them together to get a closer match sometimes than you can with the fillers by themselves. Light Oak and Dark Oak should cover you for most of what you do Mike.

Are the answers the same if you’re filling knots in oak flooring? Is anyone using linseed oil putty for filling?

Black filler tends to be the norm these days for filling knots in oak flooring, while it seems counter-intuitive to have such a contrast to the colour of the boards, it definitely draws far less attention than a poorly colour-matched fill. Linseed oil putty is a pretty traditional filler and you will see it in older painted joinery, particularly "paint-grade" internal doors of the late 1800s and early 1900s, works well enough so long as you paint over it with an oil-based paint.

 

[RogerS]

... Is anyone using linseed oil putty for filling?

Never, ever, ever. I loathe linseed oil stuff with a vengeance.

 

[Mike G]

I have all the colours of the 2-part Metolux fillers.......

Thanks Dan. I've not seen those before.

 

[Craig Salisbury]

I might as well throw something here. anything painted i use 2 part epoxy type, like ronseal. Anything natural wood, I use either osmo wood filler (a bit stiff but can add a drop of water), or morells 1 part wood filler, never had an issue with either of those.

 

[Woodbloke]

I use a combination of the Liberon hard & soft wax fillers - Rob

 

[Steve Maskery]

For pippy oak, I use epoxy with coffee grounds mixed in. I have Pete Maddex to thank for that one.
S

 

[Woodbloke]

For pippy oak, I use epoxy with coffee grounds mixed in. I have Pete Maddex to thank for that one.
S

An interesting variation is to use epoxy mixed with glitter flakes for a little bit of 'je ne sais quoi' - Rob

 

[Craig Salisbury]

For pippy oak, I use epoxy with coffee grounds mixed in. I have Pete Maddex to thank for that one.
S

thats bloomin genius!

 

[Lurker]

This is what you have been missing,not hanging out with us lot

 

[Lurker]

So….
Is it coffee grounds or just Nescafé
And do the grounds have to be used and as they come out of the grinder?

 

[Woodbloke]

So….
Is it coffee grounds or just Nescafé
And do the grounds have to be used and as they come out of the grinder?

...and do they have to be organic or nae? - Rob

 

[Craig Salisbury]

So….
Is it coffee grounds or just Nescafé
And do the grounds have to be used and as they come out of the grinder?

...and do they have to be organic or nae? - Rob

this could go on forever

Washed or natural? any specific climate or altitude for best results? green? light, medium or dark roast? specific grind settings?

@lurker, yes i have, it has been a real crappy time

 

[Steve Maskery]

So….
Is it coffee grounds or just Nescafé
And do the grounds have to be used and as they come out of the grinder?

Nescafé? On Pippy Oak? Philistine!
Only beans grown on the southern slopes of Machu Picchu, please.

As long as they are dry, I don't suppose it matters whether they are virgin or used, you'd have to ask Pete.

The really good thing about this is that it is very dark brown, but not properly black, rather like the pips.
S

 

[Pete Maddex]

Instant coffee and pound shop epoxy, I tried araldite but it went off as I was mixing it!

Pete

 

[Steve Maskery]

The secret there, Pete, is to mix the coffee with the adhesive first and only when it is properly homogenous mix in the hardener.

 

[Pete Maddex]

The secret there, Pete, is to mix the coffee with the adhesive first and only when it is properly homogenous mix in the hardener.

It went off so quickly I don't think mixing premixing it would of helped, the stuff got hot and set! Bloody exothermic reactions

Pete