How to Fill Porch Slats

Small Holes

• 1

  Scoop up a small amount of wood putty using your putty knife.

• 2

  Smear the wood putty into the hole on your porch slat. The wood putty should fill the hole completely.

• 3

  Scrape the flat end of the putty knife over the top of the hole several times from different directions.

• 4

  Allow the wood putty to cure. The label on the container indicates how long this will take.

• 5

  Sand the filled area using a 100-grit sanding block.

Large Holes

• 6

  Clean any loose material out of the wood hole using your fingers

• 7

  Brush epoxy consolidant over the hole using a nylon brush. Many consolidants come in two parts and must be mixed together before they can be brushed on. Follow the manufacturer's instructions.

• 8

  Work the consolidant into the wood until the wood is thoroughly saturated. The wood will acquire a darker, wet look.

• 9

  Mix equal amounts of the two-part epoxy filler together on a scrap of wood.

• 10

  Fill the hole with epoxy filler using a putty knife, making sure that every crevice of the hole is filled, with it overflowing the hole.

• 11

  Scrape the overflow off using the putty knife. This allows you to flatten the epoxy filler to match the surface of the slat of wood.

• 12

  Allow the epoxy filler to cure completely. The amount of time this takes is listed on the epoxy filler’s packaging.

• 13

  Sand the cured epoxy lightly with a 100-grit sanding block to help it blend with the rest of the porch slat.