Depending on the wood and stain, even the glue/dust/stain may not look too
natural. If you're careful, you can match the color, but any large areas will
be missing the grain. For large areas, leave the mix as light as the lightest
part of the wood. Before the final coat of finish (or after, if you miss
something) make up a toner with some finish and stain. Use a fine artists
brush to draw or connect the grain. Best to leave it light enough so it takes
a few coats, so you can blend it in. That can be done with any filler method,
as long as the filler is lighter. Pure stain is not good to use, as it doesn't
have enough binder.
GerryG

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:03:13 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
wrote:

I have purchased Famowood fir and Famowood red oak as well as small
containers of three other kinds of fillers. When I apply the stain (Minwax
Golden Oak) all of the fillers are significantly darker than the rest of the
oak.

I think I am going to have to try some methods AFTER applying stain and
urethane to the project such as have been suggested in this thread
(stainable wood glue and oak saw dust seems to be the best one for me to
try). I have some miters that are showing more joint than I want. I want to
fill those joints so that they are less visible.

Tomorrow I am going to try to find some stainable wood glue (someone in this
thread suggested Elmers) to use for the patchup work. Does anyone have any
further advice for me? I have greatly appreciated the help so far but I am
still not where I want to be vis a vis lack of visibility of the filling.


"Rumpty" wrote in message
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While there are some decent stainable wood filers, they will rarely
accept
the
stain the same as the wood.

Famowood does.

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Rumpty

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"GerryG" wrote in message
...
While there are some decent stainable wood filers, they will rarely
accept
the
stain the same as the wood. Firstly, are these nail holes, or something
much
bigger/longer? Assuming nails, I'd stain and apply at least enough finish
to
seal the wood. Then take some sawdust and a little glue. I split it into
a
few
samples, and add different amounts of the stain used, then let dry. Pick
the
one that best matches the finished dresser. Fill each hole and wipe with
a
damp sponge, then again with a clean part of the sponge. The finish will
prevent it from sticking. If it doesn't level to the surface, repeat when
dry.
It can then be touched up with finish if needed, or the final coat of
finish
can be applied.

As it happened, I used Golden Oak about 2 years ago on a window molding
and
sill, and you can't easily find the nail holes.
GerryG


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:44:39 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
wrote:

I am making a dresser out of oak (plywood and solid) . I will be using a
Golden Oak stain on it before sealing it. I need to fill in a few places
with wood filler. Does anyone have a stainable wood filler that they
particularly like?

TIA.

Dick Snyder