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

Eric J Russell ejrussell at mebtel.net
Mon Apr 20 10:43:46 MDT 2009


Would something like "liquid wood" work?
http://www.abatron.com/cms/buildingandrestorationproducts/woodrestorationmaintenance.html

Likely any low viscosity epoxy would do the same. Inject it with a syringe & 
needle. Let it cure then drill and install a new screw. Or insert the screw 
before the epoxy cures and let your heirs cuss at you...

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell
----- Original Message ----- 

> 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. 


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