White oak dough?

[jay case]

What do you use for white oak wood dough? Hardware store only sells red oak which is not a good match.
thanks for any tips

[David Christopher]

sawdust and glue will work if the area is not to big....take a belt sander and make some dust, mix it with carpenters glue and wah lah wood filler

[Quinn McCarthy]

Jay

When I use wood dough I usually mix some colors together until you get it right.

Davids method work well too. Especially on woods like cherry that get dark over time. I have seen jobs were people match the putty to the current color of the cherry and a few years later you have light spots all over the piece.

Quinn

[jay case]

When you mix sawdust with carpenters glue does it take stain then? I always have had problems with glue preventing wood from being stained. What is wah lah wood filler? Is that a brand?

[David Christopher]

When you mix sawdust with carpenters glue does it take stain then? I always have had problems with glue preventing wood from being stained. What is wah lah wood filler? Is that a brand?


yes it will take stain to a certin extent but if you will seal the wood first ( sanding sealer ) and then stain it will all come out even...

and no wah lah is not a wood filler, just a saying

[Rod Sheridan]

[quote=David Christopher;1069091

and no wah lah is not a wood filler, just a saying[/quote]

Voila! (French), used in a sentence to indicate a transformation or sudden occurence.

Sorry, my keyboard doesn't have the accent key to put the accent over the a.

Regards, Rod.

[Lee Schierer]

Jay

When I use wood dough I usually mix some colors together until you get it right.

Davids method work well too. Especially on woods like cherry that get dark over time. I have seen jobs were people match the putty to the current color of the cherry and a few years later you have light spots all over the piece.

Quinn

I do the same thing, but you can also mix in oil based stain into the wood filler if the wood is going to be stained. Stain a piece of scrap and then add stain to the wood filer until the color matches the stained sample.

[Thomas Pender]

I use Timbermate's White Oak filler when I need to :o. It is water soluble and wonderful. I buy it from Woodworker's Supply and they have Red Oak, Cherry, Maple, etc. If you mix it with you stain in advance it even looks better. IMHO it has saved me more than I deserve, plus it sands perfectly (220 by choice).

You can mix it with saw dust also and when used properly only someone like one of us can tell.

[Craig Reynolds]

Famowood Oak

[David DeCristoforo]

"...and no wah lah is not a wood filler..."

Now you tell us. I've been getting very strange looks from people ever since I started asking for "Wahlah" wood dough.

http://www.daviddecristoforo.com/Misc/rofl.gif

[Tom Veatch]

...wah lah...

Phonetic spelling of the pronunciation of the French word, voilà (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voila), lit. "look (or see) there".

[David Christopher]

"...and no wah lah is not a wood filler..."

Now you tell us. I've been getting very strange looks from people ever since I started asking for "Wahlah" wood dough.

http://www.daviddecristoforo.com/Misc/rofl.gif

I get strange looks with out saying anything

[jay case]

ok thanks. Ill check out Rockler then. They should have something

[Howard Acheson]

What are you going to use it for? Remember, wood changes color when you apply a finish and no wood filler is going accept stain or penetrating oil to the same degree as the surrounding wood. Therefore, it is best to wait until the wood has been colored and has had the first clear coat applied. Then you will know what color you need to match.

[jay case]

its not that critical. Just want something close enough. I might try and experiment with the glue sawdust mixed as a paste but I have my doubts that the glue will allow the paste to accept stain.

[jay case]

"...and no wah lah is not a wood filler..."

Now you tell us. I've been getting very strange looks from people ever since I started asking for "Wahlah" wood dough.

http://www.daviddecristoforo.com/Misc/rofl.gif

I'll have to brush up then and dust off my Idiots Guide to Gibberish.