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Is that the two part filler? It doesn't absorb Osmo as well as the wood. Here's a photo of our floor with some filler over screw heads (all 2,500 of the fuckers) and in some old nail holes.
It's visible although not as strongly as in your photo and I don't mind it.
There are other fillers which I think will behave more like the wood. I think I tried mixing some Osmo into the filler but it was just too much of a pain - that stuff goes off so quickly and I was worried that it wouldn't set if it was adulterated.
I filled the more egregious bits with a pva & sawdust mix - wouldn't recommend. I left it sitting proud to protect against sagging and it was horrible to sand compared to proper wood filler although it took the stain well.
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Yes it's the two-part stuff.
Downstairs I used some of the Amber Polyx tints and that did stain the filler a little, but the clear satin hasn't done much at all. I think the problem is that the filler goes on a good pale brown colour then turns white when you sand it.
I saw that Osmo do their own pre-mixed wood filler in a range of colours, but it seemed to be about £6 for a 200g pot.
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.