Looking for the best hole filler on the inside of our RV

when I narrowed my dinette table moving the mount left two small screw holes visible to each side on the wall. I simply got some of those small plastic decorative rosettes ? and put them over the holes. nobody was the wiser that they didn't come that way. but we are talking about holes that screws left. I don't think it should be a master carpentry problem to fix them. a drop of plastic wood finished with a drop of stain would do it. if you start gluing in pieces, sanding will leave a large area to try to get back to original looking.
bumpy

For small holes in wood I would ...

1. Stuff in several pieces of tooth picks dipped in wood glue with a little sticking out

2. A day later I sand flat

3. Finish appropriately

Jose

Patrick45 wrote:

GMandJM wrote:
Painting the RV walls... intresting idea. What's on the wall currently? Wallpaper? Luan?

Never thought of doing that.

The facing is some kind of wall paper stuff that comes on the paneling sheets. She painted our previous 5th wheeler and it looked just great. More like your home and less like Elkhart. She used "paint with primer" and needed only 1 coat.

Cool. Would love to see photos of the finished project.

I'm certainly not going to argue with westend but I do this stuff too and I found that holes like this usually have whiskers and they are hard to get rid of and that little tiny holes are a pain to fill. My solution has been to make the surface smooth and make the hole conical in shape. I use very good and very sharp carbide countersinks. High end woodworking tools are a little, ok a lot more expensive but they do a better job. I have used step drills in drywall repairs and they work well too.

If you only fill holes occasionally filling and sanding over and over until you get a smooth surface is fine but the Luan is probably vinyl covered and that surface doesn't sand well.

The resin based material is best and applying using good knives, a smooth surface is easy to get. I even use pallet knives from an art store for small applications, they are very flexible.

westend wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
I would do it just like an interior wall in your home. Dimple it in (gently) and fill the dent. Sand smooth with a sanding sponge. Dap spackle with the color indicator is very easy. You are not filling a large enough area that you need to worry about flexing.

What you've just described is the typical novice method of filling a hole in a wall. Hey, it's OK if it works for you but it isn't the best.
First, there's no need to dent anything. If the hole is below the surface of the wall, fill it. I rarely sand any filler. It is about knowing how to apply fillers and leave the surface as flat as possible. This is where a good flexible knife comes in and the knowledge of how to use it. That color aided stuff is acrylic and it will work for most places but the resin based filler is miles better.
I do this stuff for a living.

thanks for straightening me out. I guess I have been doing it all wrong for the last 50 years. :)
but she is talking about holes in the wall of an RV. why are we discussing spackle, etc.?
bumpy

coolmom42 wrote:
I would do it just like an interior wall in your home. Dimple it in (gently) and fill the dent. Sand smooth with a sanding sponge. Dap spackle with the color indicator is very easy. You are not filling a large enough area that you need to worry about flexing.

What you've just described is the typical novice method of filling a hole in a wall. Hey, it's OK if it works for you but it isn't the best.
First, there's no need to dent anything. If the hole is below the surface of the wall, fill it. I rarely sand any filler. It is about knowing how to apply fillers and leave the surface as flat as possible. This is where a good flexible knife comes in and the knowledge of how to use it. That color aided stuff is acrylic and it will work for most places but the resin based filler is miles better.
I do this stuff for a living.

I would do it just like an interior wall in your home. Dimple it in (gently) and fill the dent. Sand smooth with a sanding sponge. Dap spackle with the color indicator is very easy. You are not filling a large enough area that you need to worry about flexing.

Hard to beat Bondo

midnightsadie wrote:
the rv is only two years old? you,ll knock its trade in value to ??

We were not penalized when trading in the trailer on a new Cedar Creek Cottage. And the rv looked so much better inside.

GMandJM wrote:
Painting the RV walls... intresting idea. What's on the wall currently? Wallpaper? Luan?

Never thought of doing that.

The facing is some kind of wall paper stuff that comes on the paneling sheets. She painted our previous 5th wheeler and it looked just great. More like your home and less like Elkhart. She used "paint with primer" and needed only 1 coat.