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Instructions
1. Obtain two or three clashing colours of wood putty. It is model unlikely that you Testament be fruitful in matching your wood trim with one colour of wood putty; for, blend the wood putties to construct putty with a quick colour match. Grip a bitty group of wood trim to the store with you, and choose putties that are as rapid as likely to the colour of your wood trim.
2. Disclosed the cans of wood putty, and apply the putty cutter to remove cramped amounts of Everyone colour of putty. Corner the putty onto the Supple cutting mat.
3. Compound miniature amounts of the wood putties with the putty machete on the cutting mat to match the wood trim. Take a small amount of the mixed putty onto the putty knife, and hold it up next to the wood trim to decide whether the color is correct. Make sure the lighting under which you are checking the color match is the same lighting in which the wood trim will be.
Take a small amount of the wood putty color you created to match the wood trim, and apply it to a nail hole. Fill the entire hole by pressing the putty into the hole with the putty knife. Scrape the surface smooth with the putty knife when the hole is full of putty.
4. Adjust the wood putty color if necessary, and check again.5. Wipe away any excess wood putty from around the nail hole with a damp cloth before it hardens.
6. Allow the wood putty to dry for approximately 12 hours.
7. Sand the wood putty carefully if the surface of the wood trim is not smooth. Only sand the wood trim if absolutely necessary because sanding may necessitate touching up the stain on the wood trim.
8. Repeat steps 5 to 7 to add more wood putty to the nail hole if the hole is concave after the putty dries.
9. Apply matching wood stain to the area around the nail holes if sanding removed the stain. Use a small paintbrush, and apply the wood stain carefully and sparingly to blend it in with the surrounding wood trim.
