How Do You Use Shellac As Wood Filler?
Small cracks, dents, nail holes and tiny knots all need to be filled for your wood projects. Normally, you would reach for an off-the-shelf commercial wood filler. However, ready-made fillers rarely take stain correctly and they crack over time from shrinking. Also, unless painted over, these fillers never quite blend in correctly. There’s a better way to fill these imperfections using a simple mix of sawdust and shellac. You can make this filler anytime you need it, so you’ll never have any leftover to waste. Hold the hardwood scrap over the plastic cup and sand a corner on the long edge with the 220-grit sandpaper. Sanding the corner of the edge will produce more sawdust than sanding the flat face of the board. You want to collect as much dust as you can in the cup. Use the same wood species as your project to ensure a match if you have to stain it or finish it natural. Pour a small amount of shellac into the plastic cup and mix it with the sawdust using the small wooden sliver. If n
