Rotten Wood Filler

Suitable for doors windows and frames.

Rotten wood filler. Fill the gaps with epoxy or wood filler. Wood filler repairs dry rot fills knot holes fills voids in wood from insect damage and covers cracks and gouges in wooden trim and molding. Soaks in deep and strengthens rotten wood.

System Three 1-Quart SculpWood Moldable Epoxy Putty 90301. Use a polyester filler to rebuild rotted or damaged wood. You can use an epoxy paste filler to replace rotted wood that youve removed or to repair voids and holes that have resulted from other minor problems.

This is a 2-part epoxy filler that comes as a filler emulsion and a cream hardener part and cures to a light tan color. If it goes in further than an inch or penetrates the other side then you may be better off replacing the wood. What started as a small hole in 1 inch thick hardwood shutters soon grew to a fist sized gap as I gouged out more soft rotten wood fibres and quickly abandoned any idea of using wood filler passing through the need to cut out and replace with hardwood blocks then finally thinking that a spray foam solution had to be a more efficient way to.

It is a good idea to fill areas of rotted wood when pieces of the original wood remain for the filler to adhere to. To repair rotted door frame first remove rotted wood with a 5-in-1 or other sharp tool. Since rot spreads its important to make sure that the wood filler you use has anti-rotting properties to keep the damage contained.

When you discover holes in the wood that is rotting. If theres any surface rot or paint on the wood you can use a paint scraper or coarse sandpaper to get rid of it. Dries in two hours.

It takes paint well and wont rot. This means you can lay it on after chipping out the majority of the rot without worrying about it and it wont shrink as it dries like. Bondo Rotted Wood Restorer Penetrates into Spongy Dry-rotted Wood Fibers Creating a Solid Surface 8 Fl oz 45 out of 5 stars 410 2552 25.