How do I best fill the holes in the top of this marvelous old table?
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Donna Byram on May 10, 2014Plug your holes with dowel rods. Buy a size that fits snug in the holes, even if tamping the down with a hammer is required and glue with wood glue. Just be sure and wipe any excess wood glue off the table after tamping them down. Think I would rather see the wood circles than wood filler. On the edge you may have to do some hand sanding to make the ridge, but it will be well worth the time and effort.Helpful Reply
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Colleen on May 10, 2014Determine what kind of wood is the table top, then purchase a board of that kind, then drill your own plugs ( a special bit available at your local hardware). After plugging the holes then stain/finish. Good luck.Helpful Reply
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R.V.R. Farris on May 10, 2014Curiosity has gotten the better of me, does your table of five legs? And if so, why?Helpful Reply
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Debbie Harris on May 11, 2014You can fill the holes with a dowel piece that is slightly smaller than the hole, and slightly shorter or not quite to the top of the hole. Sand the table really well and save the saw dust to make a stainable matching filler paste (use stainable wood glue with the saw dust) for the top of each hole. fill untill it slightly overflows and let it dry then sand it down smooth. It should be ready for staining or painting whichever you choose. Good luck.Helpful Reply
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K on May 11, 2014I wouldn't worry about the final look either. We have an early 1800's farm table that at some point had the same problem, but had been repaired at some point. It looks like some of the knots in the wood fell through and they plugged them with whatever shape fell out. It gives it alot of character!Helpful Reply
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Sco314625 on May 12, 2014After the dowel rods, use bondo. It hardens and is made to take stain and paint.Helpful Reply
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Barbara Turner on May 12, 2014I'd follow the first writer's tip and try and find a dowel rod, cut to depth, if there are depressions left, take some wood putty and mix with just a smidgen of wood glue, press in where needed, sand smooth & yes- determine what type of wood you're dealing with and either tung oil it or stain it and poly and you're done! Looks like someone drilled holes for some type of caddy apparatus. Definitely strange. OR if u can, take a leg or a table leaf to the Home Depot, Lowe's or a local craftsman and get their opinion, if you do use dowel rods, because most are Balsam wood, it may not stain up true to the table's finish and again you may have to cut them enough shorter like a 1/16" depth in order to wood-putty fill-in and sand and stain. Once you determine the "combination" of what's needed, that's half the battle. The rest should be easy. Just remember, NO DUST when you poly.Helpful Reply
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Sharon Fullen on May 14, 2014Bondo works great on this type of repair. Yep the stuff you fix cars with - you can even find it in the paint section at Home Depot.Helpful Reply
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Cindy on May 14, 2014I NEVER would have thought of Bondo. I think I'll get some next time I'm at Home Depot just to have on hand! Thanks.Helpful Reply
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Sharon Fullen on May 15, 2014Bondo works great as it never shrinks and can work with wood, metal and MDF.Helpful Reply
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Jean Kiehl Kloska on May 16, 2014One more idea for other projects is if you have sawdust...you can mix it wtih a bit of wood glue and that will do the trick for some things. These particular holes would be to large, but if you had a countersunk screw you wanted to cover or a crack to fill, it will do the trick as well ~ ! (Love your table.)Helpful Reply
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Cindy on May 31, 2014Thanks for all of the input on this old table project. Here is what I did...Helpful Reply
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Barbara Turner on Jun 01, 2014Ah, so you used cork. Can't tell it, you did a nice job with the decoupage! I would never have thought of that! Like what you did with the rest of it!Helpful Reply
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