I'm going to be building a closet out of poplar and plan on staining it when done.
I'd like to use a wood filler for nails holes and a few errant seams that will take an oil-based stain as well as possible. On my last project I used a Wonderfil ebony filler because I was going to use an ebony stain and it worked OK. Just curious if there is a more specific filler that folks use that accepts stain better.
I use Timbermate. It takes stain …fairly…well. but, it can be mixed with powdered or water based dyes to achieve the color you need and used as dhazelton suggests.
+1 Timbermate - Use natural color, absorbs dye stains well, oil based gel stains fairly well.
I have good luck with Behlen's Water based grain filler on minor imperfections. Absorbs stain evenly.
Hardest part of any patch prior to staining is at edges of defects filled - the ends of wood fibers absorb more color than rest. Hence,
+1 dHazelton - Fill after adding color.
I'm with dhazelton
Build the project get it all sanded, stain add first coat of finish then use colored putty [Home Depot has many different shades of putty] then second coat.
You can also mix two colors of putty to get just the right shade.
Doing it this way the filler can't seal the wood where the stain can't get to the wood and do it's job.
Yep! dhazelton
That's about the time I was doing a ton a cabinets, before nailing on the face frames was a no no. LOL
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