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Tried to make filler from sawdust + glue but it's very dark, what went wrong?
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I've heard people say you can mix sawdust from your workpiece with wood glue to make an invisible patch, but I've tried it twice (once in oak, once as pictured on ash) and both times it came out significantly darker and the surrounding wood. The glue is Tite Bond 3.
Does a different glue work better? How wet should the sawdust paste be? This is on the back so it doesn't matter a lot, but I'd like to have a good process for filling little mistakes.
It's the glue. Titebond 3 dries surprisingly dark. Titebond 2 doesn't dry as dark but it will still add a bit of an amber cast. If you want the glue to add as little color as possible, use white PVA glue, like Elmer's Glue-All.
I haven't really had good luck making wood filler, I'm more prone to patching with solid wood. Chisel or rout out a regularly shaped divot, fabricate a chunk, glue chunk in place, plane, rout or sand smooth.