How to make cheap wood caulk

How to make wood caulk out of wood glue and sawdust.   You can use it to cover nails and holes in wood.

Step 1: What you need

you need

- wood glue (normal glue might work, but i havent tried)
- sawdust (you want the finest sawdust that you can get)
-something to stir in/with

Comments

[Covert Koala]

Haha, I used wood filler recently and swore it was sawdust and goo lol

[flyingpuppy]

Never would have thunk. But it's a perfect fill compound! Thanks

[timm.tanner]

I do this all the time when working with exotic woods because pin holes can be filled with an exact color match and it takes stains and finishes the same as the rest of the wood. Nice write-up.

[Satrek]

Good idea. Do you have any experience with painting over it?

[epicawesomeeli]

painting over it would work. Finishing it would not work.

[rickharris]

In the UK we call this product plastic wood.

You can buy it or make it.

When totally dry you can treat it more or less like real wood - sand drill, paint - If you use very fine sawdust you will get a good finish.

PVA glue isn't waterproof although Titebond may be depending on the grade.

[epicawesomeeli]

painting over it would work, unless you use finish, especially clear finish)