When our front door was refinished, they removed the spring brass weatherstripping, leaving a small nail hole every one inch. I am going to put new spring brass in place. I figure I should fill the nail holes in order to avoid any splitting or having nails end up loose.
But I’m not sure what I should fill the holes with. I have some Abatron, so I’m thinking about mixing up some of the putty, and then adding a bit of the liquid wood consolident to it to make it a little thinner to penetrate the holes.
But I’m open to other solutions.
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If it's painted, you can use just about anything -- window glazing comes to mind.
If it's stained, you need a hardening wood filler that will do OK for color matching.
It is stained, but the holes will be covered when I nail the new bronze on. I just don't want the nails to come loose and start scrapping up the edge of the door. So I want something with some holding power.
How about just getting some brass brads that are a little longer than the old ones.
I imagine you have to cut the weather stripping for length.Cut it so the holes lie halfway between the the old ones.Usually just a 1/2" off the top.
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Go a long with a pencil and mark where the holes are, so you don't accidentally nail into them. The paint, sand, wash, whatever away the pencil marks after you're done.
the suggestion of longer nails is also a good solution.
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Do you guys know what I am talking about? There is a nail hole every inch, for an 8' door. That's about 100 holes. Do you really think I could hit the hole every time using a longer nail? Assuming I could get a longer nail in bronze? And that there is anything back there to hit? I have to use what I can get.But I can run a piece of tape down and mark the tape to try and avoid the holes, that's a good idea.
Yep, know exactly what you're talking about. I replace 'spring bronze' weather stripping all the time and the old nail holes are never an issue. Just make sure the holes in the new bronze don't line up with the old nail holes. Cosmetics is not an issue, since it's being covered.
Since you're asking about this, I was assuming the new bronze doesn't have holes, which is sometimes the case. For that, I just make a quick pencil mark next to each hole (but not so the bronze will cover it, of course) so I can see where they are and avoid hitting them.
Running masking tape to put your pencil marks on is a good idea. Would have saved me a lot of pencil erasors. =]See my work at TedsCarpentry.comBuy Cheap Tools! BuildersTools.net
seems to me that they didn't do a very good job of re-finishing. When I refinish a door, you don't see that there were ever any nail holes there.
at this point, I think I would use one of the wax based nail hole fillers to match wood colour. buff it in.
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Your telling me they didn't do a good job. They were supposed to replace the weatherstripping too. It got to the point where I just wanted them out. There are so many things they did wrong.Anyway, I'm worried that wax wouldn't be strong enough. And color doesn't matter, they will all be covered by the new metal. And I don't see how I can hit the same hole again.
I just something similar, DAP vinyl spackle paste ( in a tub with a BLUE lid) is sold for patching steel door dings I used it exactly like what you are dealing with, except I'm not reinstalling the bronze, using RCT's groover and silcon bulb. I do know that the spackle sets up pretty hard and is tough stuff, it should hold nails OK.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I'd use one of the little jars of stained putty, if appearance is the issue.
Nothing you can use will restore the wood to the holding power it had before, so you're well advised to try to avoid hitting the same holes.
Window glazing putty - comes in tube, red. Dries rock hard and can be sanded.
Buy a box round toothpicks.
Cut the picks in half, dip in wood glue, tap the picks into the holes. Let the glue dry, shave with a sharp chisel or break them off, fill and sand, apply your finish of choice.
A soft bodied "trowel-able" wood filler or Bondo type stuff would also work. Use a putty knife to strike the putty the into all of the holes. (butter the jamb with the filler)
The filler is then left to dry, sand and finish. Look for a filler that holds fastners well after curing.
I prefer the tooth pick idea fast strong and really easy.. one of the tricks I've learned is when screws pull out and you can fit bigger screws in simply stuff wooden toothpicks and glue in the holes. Wait a day for it to dry well and then reinstall the screws. fast, easy, and study as the original.
The wise, ancient people of Asia developed a method that is far superior to toothpicks...
chopsticks!
I keep a few on just in case. Oh, and if you happen to forget a fork...