More details on repairing and patching hardwood are on my blog.
Patch hole in wood floor.
Choose a wood filler that matches the color of your hardwood floor.
Apply a bit of extra putty over the hole so you have a small mound.
The most reliable way to match the color of a species of wood to fill holes in a wood floor is to mix sawdust from that wood species with glue.
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Mix it with just a bit of superglue.
It s pretty easy when you know how.
Then use a circular saw to connect the two holes.
Here s how to go about patching a wood floor in your home.
Patching hardwood floors because tongue and groove boards are locked in place removal involves cutting out the middle of each damaged board.
You don t need a lot of glue just enough to bind the sawdust together and create a thick paste.
The easiest way is to bore a 1 in dia.
Hole through both ends of each damaged board.
Use a putty knife to put the putty into the holes in small quantities and press it down so it fills the holes completely.
Replacing damaged or hole filled hardwood tongue and groove floorboards takes a couple of hours sharp tools and an understanding of how to break the interlocking tongue and groove board edges.
Use a putty knife to push the mixture into the nail holes quickly since superglue dries so quickly.
To patch wood using this method you ll need sawdust from the specific wood you are patching.
Old homes were typically heated by floor radiators.
We show every step to repair a big hole in the subfloor.
Don t use just any glue though or it may discolor the sawdust.
To patch a hole in a wood floor left by the removal of a floor furnace grate such as we had in the kuppersmith project house start by installing floor joists across the opening followed by a subfloor felt paper and flooring.
Standard spackling paste is one of the top choices to patch holes in interior wood such as jambs baseboard or trim of any type.
Avoid pva or carpenter s glue.
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Made with gypsum plaster it s also used to patch drywall.
No matter what type of sawdust you mix the final color will be a dull yellow or even gray.