Minwax 13610 3.75-Ounce Wood Putty, Natural Pine

by Minwax

Product Description

Sold as one unit. (1 unit = 6 each.) 3.75 oz. jar. Fills nail holes and covers other minor imperfections in bare, painted, stained, and finished wood. Color matched to Minwax wood finish stains. Easy to use, no sanding. Boxed. Natural Pine. Manufacturer number: 13610. SKU #: 1198183. Country of origin: (TBA). Distributed by Minwax.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 7.6 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DI7YR
• Item model number: 13610
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,360 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #49 in Home Improvement > Hardware > Adhesives & Sealers > Wood Fill

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Clay-like "putty" has few uses..., January 31, 2008

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Victor H. Agresti "remodeling-guy" (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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Minwax Wood Putty

I've been using Minwax polyurethane varnishes, oil-based stains, and stainable wood fillers for decades. All great products. Unfortunately, this wood putty is at the other end of the scale.

The Amazon sales blurb says "Fills nail holes and covers other minor imperfections in bare, painted, stained, and finished wood...". The container says to "stain and top coat before applying putty".

Pros:

- Comes in lots of colors, which can be mixed with other color Wood Putty to match your work.

- Goes on easily, as it's soft and spreadable.

- Minimally acceptable to fill a tiny hole/crack in finished wood; i.e., where you couldn't sand standard wood filler without damaging the surrounding finish.

Cons:

- It has a similar consistency to modeling clay, and stays that way. It doesn't dry or harden, and it can't be sanded, drilled, chiseled, scraped, stained, painted, or otherwise finished, and it won't hold screws..

- Put it on bare wood, e.g., with a putty knife, and it stains any wood it touches with the putty's color.

- The instructions also say it's "permanent", which is ridiculous since non-hardening putty isn't permanent, just like modeling clay isn't permanent.

- It will rub off or come out of the hole with cleaning or other actions.

- This item is 3.75 ounces, which should last a life-time unless you work in a furniture factory. I can't imagine why this would [also] come in one pound cans, since its uses are minuscule.

Summary:

I picked this up locally without reading the "instructions" first. I applied it to some minor defects on bare wooden shelves that were to be stained and varnished, but had to scrape it out and then sand off the stain it left, after realizing it never hardens.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Non-hardening wood putty ???, September 23, 2009

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J. M. Casteline - See all my reviews
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I guess I should have read the instructions before I bought the product. It never gets hard! I'm still trying to figure out what use there would be for a wood filler that never gets hard. Even Playdoh gets hard. Maybe I'm missing something. Stupid me. I bought two different shades to match my darker wood projects. Now I'm staring at the nice jars, wondering what to do with them.

1.0 out of 5 stars What a worthless product, February 20, 2012

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C. Scott (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Minwax 13618 3.75-Ounce Wood Putty, Ebony (Tools & Home Improvement)

Like others, I should have read more carefully before I purchased. This is a non-hardening putty - I've never encountered a non-hardening wood putty before. I'm not sure what use this product has. The "no sanding necessary" part of the instructions should be changed to "caution: do not sand this product". If you sand it, you're going to clog your sand paper, rough up the putty, pull bits of it out of the hole it's filling, and spread the putty into the wood surrounding it. I almost ruined a project this way, since it stains anything it touches. Fortunately I was able to even out the streak it left in my piece. Shame on me for not reading the instructions and assuming it was just a putty that would harden - you know what they say when you assume. Don't make the same mistake I did.