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Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/3/2012, 3:24 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: nail or staple holes (jwuts)

: One question do you get a light spot from the filler around the
: hole? I would assume you have to sand out any residual filler
: but that is not always easy to see. Do you limit the application
: to a small dot? Thanks for the information because I think this
: is using the best of both ideas on staple holes. Joe

It's pretty much impossible to make the holes go away completely with filler, but that said, they get much harder to see filled this way. I limit the filler to just the hole as much as possible, best to over fill, let it set up, then sand flush since most fillers shrink slightly as it sets and if applied flush to start with you'll have to re-apply to get the holes filled flush.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: nail or staple holes
jwuts -- 12/29/2011, 5:11 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 12/29/2011, 6:55 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Allan -- 12/29/2011, 9:48 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
jwuts -- 12/30/2011, 12:08 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:36 am
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
jwuts -- 1/2/2012, 1:07 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
ancient kayaker -- 1/2/2012, 9:35 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 3:24 am
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 3:27 am
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
John Messinger -- 12/30/2011, 6:56 pm
Re: Strip: nail or staple holes
Bill VerSteeg -- 1/3/2012, 3:11 pm