stainable wood filler

[Tom Mahaffey]

Always have had a problem finding a filler that will take stain (for pocket holes, for example).  I used a product for the first time today- Elmer's Carpenter's Wood Filler Max- and stained over it.  Best that I have found.  I had to touch up a little over the pocket holes but on the finished product you couldn't see the filler unless you were really looking for it.  Comes in a square plastic tub.  Tom M. 

[Cecil W Ott]

THANKs   Tom. I plan on getting the Elmers carpenters Wood filler  Max and try it.  But i havent been able to finf it  at our  Menards store they had Elmers but not the Max   ..   Cecil

[Tom Mahaffey]

Thanks.  I used it last on cedar and with a lighter stain over it, it worked fine.  The sawdust and glue is an old stand by but sometimes a hassle.  I was looking for a filler that works the best and the Elmer's works better than anything else I've used that was pre-packaged. 

[Rickey Jacobs]

It depends on the type of wood you are trying to use this product with.  I was using yellow pine and did not have very good results, a darker colored wood probably would have been ok.  I ended up making my own filler -- sawdust and a little bit of glue -- stain stuck to it and it was only noticeable if you looked pretty close.

[Cecil W Ott]

Tom ive had same problem finding a good stainable filler. None stain very close to the wood used it is used on. I havent trird Elmers though thanls for the tip.