Natural oak putty’s

Larry01

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Hello everyone!

Wanting to pick your brain on putty’s used on oak and raw timber frames. I use a nail pin gun on float frames and am finding it impossible to find putty’s that cover the nail/hole. I’ve mixed different colours but never seem to get it right. I have used
amaco putty, timber mate, sellys. This might be a question for Australian framers as we have different products.
If there are any tricks or brands you could suggest that would be fab.

Thank you! 🙏🏼
 
We used to just mix sawdust from the frames with just enough glue to make a dry paste and use that as a putty.
I was going to suggest the same thing.
An old woodworkers trick.

Experiment with different ratios of glue to sawdust. Extremely fine wood particles are best, powder practically.

Test with different kinds of glue you have.

Use a scrap piece of the wood you are using. Drill some tiny holes.
Mix up a variety of sawdust/glue paste.
Make a note of which mixture you put in each test hole.
Let it dry for a day or two to see if there are any colour changes after its fully dried.
 
Hello everyone!

Wanting to pick your brain on putty’s used on oak and raw timber frames. I use a nail pin gun on float frames and am finding it impossible to find putty’s that cover the nail/hole. I’ve mixed different colours but never seem to get it right. I have used
amaco putty, timber mate, sellys. This might be a question for Australian framers as we have different products.
If there are any tricks or brands you could suggest that would be fab.

Thank you! 🙏🏼
I was going to suggest the same thing.
An old woodworkers trick.

Experiment with different ratios of glue to sawdust. Extremely fine wood particles are best, powder practically.

Test with different kinds of glue you have.

Use a scrap piece of the wood you are using. Drill some tiny holes.
Mix up a variety of sawdust/glue paste.
Make a note of which mixture you put in each test hole.
Let it dry for a day or two to see if there are any colour changes after its fully dried.

Brilliant thank you both 🙏🏼
As I use a Morso, I’ll get my electric sander which collects the dust and use that with glue.
 
I use Brummer Stopping but there are many similar brands.
You have to exp to find the right color. I use Antique Pine for oak/ash.
On raw oak it blends in perfectly if you sand it flush.
 
Or just use a wood filler of some kind (I like Elmers, which is water-based). When dry, sand lightly and touch up with acrylic paint to match.
:coffeedrinker2: Rick
 
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