fast drying fiiller to take screws

[RJH]

I find the Ronseal two part 'high performance' tins excellent. Although mix in too much hardener and it goes off very quickly indeed.

[PeterC]

If you use a hard filler on a softer substrate, especially for a small hole (where the new hole is nearly the same diameter or near the edge of the filler) there's a high probability of the hole 'wandering'. The dowel of softwood wood be less likely to do this, I feel.

[Stuart Noble]

Toolstation Profil is a good 2 part filler

[Andy Burns]

It is, but if you need to shape it, you don't get long to catch it at the 'green' stage, before it goes rock hard.

[fred]

hmm I was wondering of hot melt would do the job. I'll give it a go

[John Rumm]

Probably worth trying - its fairly tough. The one I used in the past was a clear yellow stick that was actually marketed for this application. It was perhaps a slightly harder plastic once set, but not that dissimilar.

[Andrew]

Tried that stuff on external woodwork. It shrinks and breaks the paint film. useless product. Plastic padding type 'Hard' (which needs power tools to smooth) was the most long-lived.

[newshound]

I don't think hot melt, even the "wood glue" special, will stick very well to chipboard. OK it might stick to the surface fibres, but I suspect these will pull away.

I think the devil is in the detail, i.e. exactly what loads are going to be applied to this screw.

[John Rumm]

Onto chip it won't stick that well - it will pull the chips off the surface. Used as a filling in a 7mm hole however I expect it would stay put quite well.

[The Natural Philosopher]

If you needed power tools you are a wuss and I claim my £5.

[fred]

We use Blum Knock In hinges which come with pre-installed plugs. If for an y reason the hinge has to be removed the plug can't be removed also. As our machines are set up to drill the correct holes for these knock in hinges w e have to fill in the pre-drilled holes to allow re-use of the original hin ge. In the past 7mm plugs were used but they have to be cut down to the sho rter length required. This is a lot of faffing about. A quick dryiong fille r would be an ideal alternative.

I'm not sure how much of a strain there is on this screws

[charles]

He didn't know how he got it.