Wood filler
Wood filler is designed to repair and restore damaged wood, helping you fill holes, cracks, dents and other imperfections before finishing. Use it on furniture, doors, skirting boards and other woodwork to create a smooth surface ready for painting, staining or varnishing.
Ronseal wood fillers are available for a range of repair jobs, from filling small imperfections to repairing deeper damage. Find the right filler for your project and get your woodwork ready for a smooth, professional finish.
Which wood filler should I use?
| If you need to... | Use |
| Repair rotten or decayed wood before filling | High Performance Wet Rot Wood Hardener |
| Fill holes of any depth in interior or exterior wood | High Performance Wood Filler |
| Fill smaller holes and cracks in interior or exterior wood | Multi Purpose Wood Filler |
| Match the filler to the colour of your wood | Multi Purpose Wood Filler |
| Repair hardwood | Multi Purpose Wood Filler or High Performance Wood Filler |
| Fill and then paint, stain or varnish the repair | Multi Purpose Wood Filler or High Performance Wood Filler |
FAQs
Can I use a wood filler on Rotten Wood?
Yes. If you've got rotten wood, just scrape out the really rotten bits. Then use our Wet Rot Wood Hardener. Once this has made your wood hard again it's ready for fixing with our High Performance Wood Filler.
Which wood filler wood should I use on hardwood?
You can use either our Multi Purpose or High Performance Filler on Hardwood. And both come in a range of colours to help match the wood you're fixing.
Do your wood fillers also come in darker shades?
Yes. Our Multi Purpose Wood Filler comes in White, Natural, Oak, Light, Medium & Dark, so you can get a really good match to whatever wood you're fixing. Our High Performance Filler comes in White, Natural & Dark.
Can I use wood filler in place of wood glue for a small piece of wood which came off furniture?
No, you shouldn't use this instead of glue. But you could use the filler to repair the damage.
How thick can you apply wood filler to damaged wood?
For smaller holes, our Multi Purpose Filler fills to 5mm, but you can fill deeper holes in several layers. Our High Performance Filler will fill to any depth.
After a filling a hole with wood filler, can you screw into that area?
Once dry all of our Wood Fillers can be screwed, drilled or planed.
Can I use a wood filler to repair gaps in hardwood floor?
You can use our Wood Fillers to repair damaged wooden floors. But you shouldn't use any fillers to fill the gaps in between floorboards.
Is Ronseal wood filler stainable?
Yes, all of our wood fillers can be stained, varnished, or painted over. Filler may take stain or varnish slightly different to the surrounding wood, so test it on some dried filler first.