Does anyone have a stainable wood filler that they particularly like?
“Stainable” wood fillers are really tough to make work right. The stainm is always a different color in the filler. I only use them on projects where I care very little about the look. They best practice is to fill the holes with colored filler just before you apply the last coat of finish. This way you can select a color that matches best at each location you have a hole. You may want various colors depending on the variable color of the wood. Sometimes fillers have a tendency to repel the finish so do you first few coats, then fill the holes carefully, the apply that last coat. Of course this requires that you pretty much use your fingers as opposed to a putty knife. In some cases a “burn in” type filler is best but I reccomend you do this before the finish coats and you have to be pretty good. You melt the burn stick to put some drops into the hole and then smooth it with a heated putty knife. If it’s not to hot you won’t blister a film finish but I find it easier to do it on un-fil
