[Shop-talk] Wood filler for stripped out screw hole

[Drew Rogge]

Any time I need to fix a stripped thread in wood I fill the hole with glue some
round wooden toothpicks and glue. Always seems to work just fine. The toothpicks
we get seem to be made from a pretty hard wood. I guess in your case you would
want to use waterproof glue.

Drew

cornerexit wrote:
> Last year I removed, clean, and re-sealed a skylight in my RV that had a
> minor leak. There was some wood damage but it appeared confined to just one
> of the 25 holes used to fasten the skylight. At the time I just put a larger
> screw in that hole and it seemed to hold. This year I find that this screw
> has popped loose and that corner of the skylight is not held down flat to
> the roof as a result. In retrospect I probably should have used a plug or
> wood filler product along with the bigger screw.
>  
> I have cleaned the hole out such that it is "clear" inside and I suppose
> some sort of wood plug could be driven down into the hole along with liquid
> wood filler. I'd have to measure and cut to length the plug as I have no way
> of cutting it flush with the roof surface after it is installed.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Wayne