No matter what type of sawdust you mix the final color will be a dull yellow or even gray.
Plugging a hole in a wood floor.
Don t use just any glue though or it may discolor the sawdust.
Plugging holes in wood floors is easier than you think with the proper tools and materials you can fill those unsightly holes in your wood floors in just a few minutes.
So if the hole is a bit wonky and varies from 1 to 1 3 16 or something you may want to go for a 1 1 4 hole to make sure it s good and clean.
The whole process of hole plugging is very straight forward though a bit time consuming.
You can fill up pipe and conduit holes using wood plugs that are the same size as the holes and the same wood species as the existing floor.
The most reliable way to match the color of a species of wood to fill holes in a wood floor is to mix sawdust from that wood species with glue.
This should be done prior to refinishing any.
Ashlee from build it flip it rent it shows just how easy it is to fill in a hole in an old hardwood floor.
My first step is to determine the size of the hole based on the largest part of any given hole s diameter.
Avoid pva or carpenter s glue.