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Body filler. I've done small and large patches on painted items

No, won't work. His screw is structural by the sound of it, body filler will
crack and give way in that situation.

Solution1: Drill out the hole to 1/4 or 3/8 or 1/2 inch or whatever and glue
the same size wood dowelling into the hole, drill a new pilot hole .....

Solution2: Don't bother. Stick a couple of broken off matches or toothpicks
into the stripped hole, after dipping them in glue, then put the screw back in.
It'll hold fine.

This is assuming that we are not talking machine screws with a metal insert, of
course! In THAT case, get a drill and a tap-and die set on to the job; oh, and
a chart with the exact pre-drilling sizes for the taps.

-P.

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