Screw hole wood filler

[vernplum]

Hi

I am replacing some machineheads on a black Epiphone Les Paul. On removing the old ones, there are some empty screwholes that I'd like to fill in and make invisible. Any recommendations on stuff I can use?

Cheers

 

[WiZaRd]

toothpicks and white glue?? Umm I used that to get my dead Screw thread at the back cavity of my guitar where the springs are located. Hehe.

 

[mero]

Yeah, get some toothpicks, break them up into small pieces and stuff them inside the hole, then use some wood glue (or epoxy) and fill it in.

 

[popeye]

why so pathetic? Wood filler is created for a reason. And some more, they come in different colors.

 

[fretless6]

Tooth picks and glue is actually a better way of doing it than wood filler. Wood filler is largely designed to fill pores of open grain wood to achieve a smooth finish. Not to mention, most wood fillers for consumers are water soluble pastes, so if u dun apply a finish over the filler, it will wear down to a certain degree just from your sweat. You could easily stain the tooth pick.

 

[vernplum]

why so pathetic? Wood filler is created for a reason. And some more, they come in different colors.

Haha!

True - I do want it to be black...
I need about the size of a pea - anyone got some spare (black) - don't want to buy a whole tin just to fill 0.01 cubic mm of hole.