Advice - filling exterior wood screw holes

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I'm just tidying up a few redundant fittings and before I remove them - leaving small screw holes in the wood - want to see if there's a preferred wood filler out there, with effective protection from water ingress.
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Akestor said:
why not open up a little bit the hole and glue wooden dowels with epoxy! then sand it , and that would be good looking!
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If it's bare/varnished wood you could make your own plugs to match the grain. Not too difficult over say 6mm, a bit fiddly if less that that but still possible. If you're doing a lot you can buy taper plug cutters to use in a drill stand, otherwise it's a simple paring job - but watch your fingers!
 
penberth3 said:
If it's bare/varnished wood you could make your own plugs to match the grain. Not too difficult over say 6mm, a bit fiddly if less that that but still possible. If you're doing a lot you can buy taper plug cutters to use in a drill stand, otherwise it's a simple paring job - but watch your fingers!
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Yes thats a nice tool indeed!
 
Definitely use wood plugs - you can get plug cutters in different sizes, just make sure you get drills to suit, you can get both metric & imperial sizes - like thttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-Wood-Plug-Cutter-Cutting-Woodwork-Power-Tool-Carbon-Steel-Drill-Bit-SetIK/123152336860?hash=item1cac7387dc:g:OroAAOSwn-tZL4T6hese - Other suppliers are available, best used in a pillar drill, make sure you use identical wood, just glue in with a waterproof glue and clean with a chisel after setting.
 
Don't know how it will turn out, I filled small rivet holes with dowel, glued, knocked in with a punch and epoxy filler over, then trimmed inside with a dremel. Here's hoping...It's the end grain inside which may show.
 
Get some 6 or 8 mm dowels glue them in then cut/sand flush. I use the same when I've had to do a bit of damage renewing old fixings. The dowel gives something solid to grip into.
 
nagstevens said:
I'm just tidying up a few redundant fittings and before I remove them - leaving small screw holes in the wood - want to see if there's a preferred wood filler out there, with effective protection from water ingress.
Thanks
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Don't use dowels as others have suggested. Wood color will be wrong and you get end grain.

Use a piece of timber of the same type and cut your own bungs using a plug cutter. see below.


Consider using varnish as a glue if you think you might ned to remove them in the future.
 
That's good advice for plugging over a screw but not very likely when the screw has been removed.
You can stain the dowels before inserting if you're bothered about the colour. I've never had a plug cutter so always use dowels.
TQA said:
Don't use dowels as others have suggested. Wood color will be wrong and you get end grain.

Use a piece of timber of the same type and cut your own bungs using a plug cutter. see below.


Consider using varnish as a glue if you think you might ned to remove them in the future.
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