Wood filler for pre finished maple plywood

[Daniel Hillmer]

Hi,

I built several kitchen cabinet carcasses out of 3/4 maple plywood which are manufactured with a pre finished UV cured clear coat. They came out OK, on couple of them though, I cut the floor and back panels not perfectly square and consequently I have a very small gap between floor and back wall & side panels, maybe a 64 of an inch to a 32 of an inch. Nothing major, I’d just like to fill the gaps and make them look a bit better.

I have used Wunderfil which is a good product, but that product seems it’s for unfinished wood and accepts paint. Are there any recommendations – products that I could use to fill the gaps on already finished plywood, that would blend in pretty good and not need painting with clear coat to match the pre finished wood?

[Julian Wong]

wax / putty sticks do pretty well here. You can get them in a variety of colors and depth and just fill the lines. No need for finishing

[Scott Coffelt]

Not sure i follow your issue, but if they are on the floor or against the wall, can you not run a piece of thin trim? The name escapes me at this point what it's called, I think scribe molding or something like that. My cabinet have that and also quarter round on the floor.

[Daniel Hillmer]

Thanks Julian I'll look into it. Any particular brand you reccomend?

Sorry Scott I guess I was not clear. The gaps are on the INDSIDEs of the base cabinets.

[Steve Clardy]

Frankly I wouldn't worry about that small of a gap on the inside of a base cabinet.

But minwax has color sticks and also small jars of colored, waxed putty.

I use the minwax putty on brad holes after installing crown molding and trim.

Dab it on, they wipe with a soft cloth