Repairing Holes in Wood before You Paint then Sand

Homeowners would enjoy it if a wooden house did not require much more than minimal house repair. Only caulk and scrape a bit, put down some sheeting for paint drips, and apply a few coats of durable house paint.

Maintaining your house is more difficult. Instead, one almost always has to fix the wooden facings of your home.

My property required a lot more be done. The galvanized metal of my original roof did not go to the edge and enabled the water to soak the facing board under the gutter. As the years passed, these facing boards became rotten and the paint fell away.

This repair I wanted to do on my own. I was sure that standard compounds to fill wood would do the job.

My friend down the block repaired his wooden home many weekends to control rot from termites. This guy’s work quality held up very well. I asked him his secret.

Use Bondo to Fill Wood and Use Cordless Wood Working Power Tools to Finish Sanding

He said an experienced handyman suggested to him that automobile filler called Bondo to patch cracks in the wood. To learn more look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondo_(putty)

I knew how Bondo worked on cars. This auto filler was heavy and durable. It permitted sanding and lathing. When he brought up using this auto filler, I instantly knew that this was the right answer.

Using Bondo, the method is to do the job in layer after layer with thick layers at the outset and less material thereafter. You can even form shapes with molds, if you use wood molding and wax paper. To prep for painting by sanding just use one of the many wood power tools that can sand quickly.

If you have a wooden deck, you could also use Bondo to fix splits in the surface of a wood deck design. It comes in handy, when you are resurfacing redwood decks.

Consider that Bondo has a distinctive light reddish color and this will be obvious, when using a light colored water sealant on a wooden deck. If you want to waterproof a wooden deck after patching with Bondo, just cover it with prime and painting.

Also you don’t have to look for an auto parts store to get Bondo. Just look for Bondo at Lowes or Home Depot. You probably would also like to know that my house wood fixing job has not shrunk at all over the years.