???I have been told by several people that the only good wood filler out there now is Quickwood and if memory serves me correctly, it was a Minwax product. Well I can't find the stuff anywhere here (Menards, Home Depot, Walmart, etc). Does anyone know of this product and where it can be found?

http://www.polymerics.com/SuppliersQuikWood.htm

Thanks Cliff -- you da man!!!!!! Pam

[AlArchie]

Pam, there are other wood fillers that do quite nice a job, also.

I've used plain old Elmer's water based wood filler sucessfully on a number of projects. It is easy to work with, has an extremely low toxicity level, cleans up with plain water and can be smoothed into fillets with a wet finger and small brush.

I've also used the store brand two part epoxy wood fillers from Ace Hardware and True Value for a harder material. These come in a single tube and you just cut off the amount you need and knead the two colors together into a uniform tan shade. it smooths in a little stiffer than the Elmers, but gives a really solid fill. They make several different types; plumbers puty, wood worker's putty and a metal based filler. JB Weld is a similar metal epoxy, but I wouldn't recomend that for carving, as it hardens to a steel like material that can be drilled, machined or filed.

This isn't to put down the Quickwood, as I have heard it is an excellent product. Just that there are others around that work very well.

Al

Pamela

If you have a lee valley near you they carry quickwood.

Have used it for a number of years (2) and wouldn't go back to anything else.