How to rock hard wood repair, repair rotted wood. Easy!

hey all you home menders! We've got rotted wood. This porch post has some rot on it...it must need replacing! but wait!...Dustin shows us how to use rock hard wood filler to repair the surface on a rotted column and saves this home owner hundreds of dollars. A few coats of wood filler, Sand it down and Paint!.. You can do this!

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[MegaMusical]

Exactly my problem between my garages. You just saved me a ton of money, subscribed!!

[brazzzzz]

This channel is a life saver and so awesome.

[claudiodominguez.]

There's always a critic and today it's me. Maybe chip out as much rot possible first to get a deeper filler bond on non rotten wood.

[SD-nhyr]

Hi! I just found your channel and have some repairs to do on my front porch too...wish me luck..I'm a girl😂😂✌️🙏

[RawFitChris]

Well done, straightforward useful repair! Thanks for making this-; videos like yours (some of the best I've ever seen) provide confidence. Definitely subscribed.

[petethehandyman]

Nice repair, Dustin, you know I like the bondo, dries in like 10 minutes ready to sand and recoat. The bondo glass has fiberglass strands mixed in and makes a good first layer for strength and use then regular bondo for the finish coats. :)

[lukemartin]

I learned about wood putty from you. I bust it out all the time now for little wood fixes. I love it. It's super easy to use. Getting the water to wood putty ratio is tricky though.

[oviedo]

I discovered that stuff thanks to you.

[wjb]

I ended up replacing both columns with fiberglass columns. Good to go for another 100 years.

[alexanderpatrick]

Thanks again Dustin and like everyone else I certainly would like to see more work with Bondo specifically wood and metal... Thanks again man see you later!

[f]

I have much experience dealing and repairing dry and wet rots. Regardless which one, you need to dig out all the rots more than the actual area. When you apply and fill the Wood Bondo, you need to use smaller putty knife to fill, push and pack cavities very solid separate times. This is the key. Watching your work procedure, you only did superficial work. Looks okay after you sanded and painted, but it won't last long honestly.

[kueichenglee]

Did the filler be pushed all the way in the hole to replace the rotten wood

[topsecretbear]

Bondo is like level 10 duct tape. Very handy.

[josht]

Bondo rocks! That'd be great to see a video on that.

[BobbyJackShow]

It's also good to put the putty in a ziploc baggie and snip off a corner. Pour it into the crevice like frosting on a cake. Helps it get in to spots that a putty knife just can't.

[JesusFreakJene]

Great demonstration 👍 and yes I would love to see a bondo video

I wish you were in Southern AZ, I would hire you for a bunch of work 🙂

[SuperAlfredo]

Awesome stuff. Just what I needed to see. Appreciate the bond comparison and your bondo wood repair video too. Thanks!

[joewenzel]

Awesome Homedepot carries Durham Water Putty with the strongman on the front.

[Iron]

Watching this reminds me; I've taken to wearing thin nitrile gloves when working with putty, caulk etc. When I'm done and take them off my hands are clean and I'm at less risk of getting the caulk on other things

[ms]

I had to fix an outside window sill that had rotted. It was just one small area so I didn't want to go through the hassle of replacing the whole sill. I used Durham's too, but after digging out all the rotted wood that I could, a painted a good coat of J-B Welds liquid wood restore hardener on it. After it dried the wood was hard and gave the wood putty something to grab on to.