Mohawk Finishing Products M230-1250 Fil-Stik Repair Pencils (12 Pk), Multicolor

Good product. Does the job

Was using these to fill some deeper gouges in a veneered desktop. Took practice but I ended up with an acceptable result. A few things I learned: - Does not adhere to indentations in finished wood; needs to be a full thickness gouge or scratch. - Can use a hairdryer to soften the stick or a piece of the stick, but you don’t have to. If you choose to do this, don’t also heat the furniture or the wax becomes too thin (won’t fill) and gets messy. - I found it easiest to press the stick into the scratch and then twist the stick so that a small piece breaks off into the scratch, then use firm pressure and finger to spread it. - Can fill in layers, but it adheres to itself, so while trying to add another layer, the stick can easily grab the layer you already put down and remove it. - Scrape off excess with a credit card and then buff with a microfiber cloth. - Not for high traffic- will come off eventually. Good luck.

These wax sticks have a great color range, and appears to be high quality filler. But at first I tried using it by just pressing to fill brad holes, and the pressure needed could actually damage soft wood, and didn't do a great job of filling the hole thoroughly. The instructions said to use a contractors heat gun. But those get really hot and the heat alone can damage surfaces. So I used it with an easy to use small hair blow dryer, and it works so very well. First I heat and fill all my brad holes in an area. Then I come back around and slightly heat those areas before polishing the excess wax off with a soft lint free cloth. I've tried other brands and these are the best so far.

I was disappointed that this set didn't have a dark, neutral brown. The pic looks like it does, but in reality, the darkest brown is quite red. I ended up having to mix together several colors to achieve what I needed and then I applied it with a tiny putty knife and used a credit card to scrape off the excess. I spent several days and quite a few hours trying to repair the damage my granddaughter made to our dark mahogany countertop. It isn't perfect, but it's better than it was prior to the repair. I am a perfectionist, so I took my time and let my repairs dry in between since trying to fill some fairly deep gouges proved to be frustrating, since applying more product was pulling out the previous layers. Letting it dry between allowed me to build and add on to my previous attempt until I finally got the repair level with the rest of the counter. The gouges ran against the grain of the counter, unfortunately, so it was impossible to make the repair look seamless. The crayons are rather dry, but with some effort, you can mix the colors together. Leaving it a little streaky actually adds to a nice effect, so don't completely mix to a uniform color.

I was refinishing oak kitchen cabinets and was kind of sad that the previous owners had attached a paper towel holder to the side of one of the cabinets. I've tried other ways to fill holes and if you're staining the wood, it just doesn't work. These wax crayons are the answer! Once you stain the wood you can use the crayon that's closest to your wood color and it really works to fill the hole and hide it. My husband was amazed, he had to really search to find the holes in the cabinet. I'm so happy to have a solution to filling holes in stained wood, I wish I had found them a few years ago.