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You can get "Sharpies" that are made by the likes of Konig that are intended for patching up dents in furniture etc that would be perfect for this.
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Perfect.
I couldn't find a pine one by Konig in a single pen in the UK, but I've bought one from Liberon which has three different pine shades and I'll give it a go.
As ever, big thanks for your advice - I've done a huge amount of stuff on the house that I am very proud of that I'd never have got started with if it wasn't for your post about floor sanding way back when.
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It doesn't look perfect, but it definitely looks better:
tbc
I've managed to fuck up a bit the floors I've worked really hard on.
I hadn't had great success with resin-based filler and sawdust mix, mainly because I'd wasted it previously by mixing it badly after long days sanding, so I just used Ronseal "natural" wood filler, which I'd also used before for minor repairs.
Anyway, it's turned out quite a stark contrast to the rest of the boards, and it looks a bit shit - see below (this is after one coat of satin Polyx Rapid).
I want to try to make it look a bit better, and there are three options I've considered that are at my disposal:
Use some wood stain I have. I can't see this working as there's already oil on the filler and I don't know whether this would do anything.
"Paint" the wood filler with Amber tint Polyx I have and hope it darkens up a little.
Sharpie - orange and/or brown because fuck it, it's only a floor and it might still look better.
Are any of these likely to result in acceptable outcomes?
Are there any other relatively easy fixes I could consider?
We might end up putting a runner on there eventually anyway so this might all be moot.