Knot Holes In Hardwood Flooring

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Knot holes in hardwood flooring.

Occasionally you will get a piece of gorgeous wood that has voids or knots in it. Looking to fill some knot holes in your wood floors. The main disadvantage of latex prefinished wood floor filler is that it shrinks and cracks over time so it s not a good option for filling large cracks gaps or knot holes. The solution is to fill the wood knots and voids with epoxy.

This matched the hole knot perfectly and is no longer jagged edge that socks swiffer would get caught on. You have two strong options. Once the epoxy is dry and well filled leveling it out is swift work with a block plane. It will take a bit of time to dry but if you like the look of the hole go for it.

The new stuff just isn t as tight as the older. One will make knot holes disappear the other will highlight the knot while keeping it safely sealed. It s important to choose a color that matches the color of the stained and finished flooring because latex filler doesn t accept stain itself. Hickory floors with character knots.

But you want a smooth surface. You wouldn t want to add wood putty because it wouldn t retain the look of the knots. You could also use a chisel but a plane is better. Wood flour cement or epoxy.

I used a elmers brand hard drying wood filler in natural color let dry 8hrs then sanded fine grit then used a black wood touch up pen to color onto the dried filler. Sanding is risky because there s a good chance you ll create a noticeable divot to the outside of your filled knot.