Minwax High Performance Wood Filler, 6 oz.

I appreciate the great value, reasonable cost, fast working time and flexibility to use as much or as little as I need. This is a pro product that takes some practice to get master. If you like premeasured products that give you more working time or products that don't require mixing then buy those other options. I carry this on my truck to every job site as a handyman and use it all the time. It's one of my top 10 most frequently used products I couldn't go without.

This product hardens nicely to a wood like state, but I will say that it is a little challenging to work with if you have big holes to fill. This is because the consistency is somewhat like peanut butter, so getting it to stick in a deeper hole by pushing it in with a putty knife takes some time. I would also say to err on the side of too little hardener rather than too much, or you won't have enough time to work with the filler before it hardens.

I used wood hardener on the year-over-year damage to the front edge of the front door threshold and I am now rebuilding that edge with the wood filler. I need to stop for the day because the sun's coming around and it's getting too hot. People remark about how difficult it is to eyeball the 16:1 ratio and how fast it sets up. Here's where your 6th grade math comes in handy. 1/4 teaspoon of hardener to 4 teaspoons of filler (which is about all you should be dealing with at one time anyway). And 1/4 teaspoon of the hardener is about a 1 inch simple squeezed out line.

I had to replace a door lock bur the new mortise was at a different level than old. I filled the old with the filler, sanded flat and made a new hole for the mortise. A carpenter who was leveling the doors was impressed on how he the new arrangement looked.I've also replaced exterior rotted.garage trim and after painting it looked new.

Been using this for years on wood doors/frames etc., hollow metal, wood floors even my car doing minor ding and dent repair. It dries like iron and the best part.... it is stainable for wood and paintable for steel.

I have a 1930's viintage cabin, and there is always some repair to a window sill, threshold, siding that birds have pecked at, etc. This is the only product that stands up to Minnesota seasons. The real magic is in the hardener; this stuff literally turns wood rock hard, and provides a solid base for the wood filler. For those that run out of the small tube of catalyst, remember that more is not better. Always err on the low side of catalyst addition.

This is a great product! I had a few parts of a house that needed some love before I could paint it. For example, there was a 4x4 newel post outside that had a big chip in it. I cleaned out the hole with compressed air, mixed up a batch of filler and stuffed it into the hole. I was able to fill a few other areas of the house, and when I got back the filler was dry and ready for sanding/shaping. The total time from filling the hole to sanding was probably a maximum of 30 minutes. I can't even tell where the chip is on the newel post now and it has been 2 years since I applied it! Great stuff!

Over the course of many years I have periodically used the plastic wood with good results. Given that has been some time, I read the directions and found the “helpful “ admonishment to mix 16:1. How, pray tell, does one do such a measure? I seem to recall in the past to start with a golf ball size and add harding agent about an inch long, to assure time to apply but then have a hardened outcome. I used this past guidance, rather it cal from an “old timer” or previous directions and it seems to be good. Can Minwax not find a way to incorporate this info into the directions? Come on man (Joe Biden quote), give it a try!

Zero stars. Filled numerous cracks...let dry...sanded 150/220, All looked good. UNTIL I STAINED the wood. (Alder and poplar) Blotches and streaks remained. Can't color match. Stuck with an ugly door until I figure out what to do.

I bought this product to help finish an outdoor project I was working on. Thinking it would be an ideal solution to help fill small gaps in wood pieces, I applied the product in several areas following the directions on the container. According to the directions, the product is supposed to dry in 30 minutes. It's been nearly a week, and the applied product still hasn't fully dried. (I would describe its consistency as “gummy” at best.) Additionally, the product was supposed to resist cracking or expanding, and it did not. I am now needing to scrape all of the product off where I had applied it. As I scrape it off, the fumes from the product are as significant as they were upon initial application. This unfortunate experience is causing my project time to be significantly extended; hopefully the product I applied didn't ruin the wood to the extent that I need to completely redo the project.