We all make mistakes.
But hiding woodworking mistakes doesn’t have to be hard.
Worst-case scenario: you have to cut off the bad part and use the lumber somewhere else.
Other times a careful placement, trim or wood filler, caulk or spackle will do wonders!
Here are some of the mistakes I made while building my bookcases…
The lumber slipped on the table saw and got gouged
fill with wood filler | and sand |
Molding cut too short
Cut a bevel into the end and a short add-on piece and splice them together.
Enormous gaps
use multiple layers of caulk | – smooth after each application |
I started making the wrong angle cut in the baseboard.
tried caulk, but wood filler | worked better (needs more paint) |
Nail holes
use wood filler to fill and | then sand. |
I guess I should figure out when you should use caulk and when to use wood filler or putty (and then share that info with you!)
I'm going through some similar fixes with my baseboard and trim right now! Ugh. Not my favorite part!
Kelly
I love it! How does that poem go? A lot of caulk, and a little paint, make a carpenter look like what he ain't? That was sort of my mantra last summer when we were getting our house ready to sell...
Hi great reading your blogg