Last year I removed, clean, and re-sealed a skylight in my RV that had a minor leak. There was some wood damage but it appeared confined to just one of the 25 holes used to fasten the skylight. At th
Any time I need to fix a stripped thread in wood I fill the hole with glue some round wooden toothpicks and glue. Always seems to work just fine. The toothpicks we get seem to be made from a pretty h
Sometimes if having the screw center in the same place in the hole is critical, two of the flat toothpicks work better so the screw will more or less go between them, but yeah, works for me. John. __
Wooden kitchen matches work too, although they aren't as hard. I generally use 3 of them, depending on hole size. But for cases where the screw never was secure enough, I drill the hole out to a sta
Would something like "liquid wood" work? http://www.abatron.com/cms/buildingandrestorationproducts/woodrestorationmaintenance.html Likely any low viscosity epoxy would do the same. Inject it with a s
I've been backing away from these products and going back to my roots with plastic anchors. There are some that are a continuous extrusion and can be cut to length... ________________________________
In applications like this, especially when waterproofing is necessary, I have been using West Systems Epoxy. Most marine stores carry it, and the product features the ability to blend in fillers to t
generally for I think I'd try a "Mr Grip". It's perferated metal dohicky that you stick in the hole, instead of a plug or toothpicks and glue. Cheap. Works great. Lasts forever. For inexplicable reas
I'll second the tooth pick, and the West Systems Epoxy. I used West System to seal the wood in my Morgan when I restored her back in 88-92. Where the wood was rotted, I made a damn out of masking tap
I've tried those, didn't work that well for me. YMMV of course. Plus of course I have an assortment of kitchen matches/dowels & glue on hand; don't have to drive to Ace <G> Randall _________________
I purchased a neat little tapered bore at Lee Valley Tools here in Canada called the Plugger. They also sell to the US through the internet. It is similar to a countersink, but with the same taper as