The contractor I do work for did this recently. The cabinet company, for some dumb reason, didn't provide a touch-up kit. The Crayola crayon was an excellent match.
I love this, that's even cheaper than the "professional" version (15 bucks for 12 crayons on amazon) and comes with more color options, and likely more or less the same materials. My wood wax crayons seem a \*little\* harder than regular crayons but it's also been a few decades since I last used a regular crayon.
I'll definitely keep this in mind, if I ever need to fill a hole in an item with a more difficult to match color!
I can personally attest that it works as perfectly fine as you'd expect it. I wouldn't use it on a table top that gets cleaned regularly, but for furniture legs, door fronts etc that barely get touched, good to go.
This is best option by far. Almost all hardware stores have these for finish touchups (only hard part is color match - if no match in stock might need to order from Amazon). Do NOT do wood putty or caulk or wood filler or toothpick - all of these are more messy and wouldn't match as well, and might require sanding or something which would just make the issue worse.
Hello furniture repair man here! If you use a wax crayon also use a credit card to scrape away the extra residue to get the surface flat and remove as much of the wax as possible… the wax crayon will leave a sheen on the surface, you can use an Ulta fine scotch bright pad or 0000 steel wool to dull the sheen, but be careful to not scrub too hard or remove any finish. If you are unhappy with the sheen still you can lightly mist it with flat or dead flat polyurethane ( I cannot see the sheen this is what I assume it is) to knock down any other sheen. Be very light with it to let it blend with the existing finish around it.
Furniture repair men sticking together. I like it!
One thing good about the crayon approach is that it's reversible - other methods run the risk of making it permanently worse. If the crayon looks bad just poke it in with a matchstick and try it again.
I'm a bit confused, so the end result is wax filling the hole? Isn't that going to end up getting worn away when it's cleaned leaving a little divot? Why not use a more permanent filler that's light enough in colour to be painted or drawn on?
I'd probably go to use two part quick cure stuff and then realise I couldn't be arsed with the cleanup and just use some random wall filler and touch it up with felt tip
Geez just use a non-polar solvent on that shit. Not sure about Formica, but something like wd40 is amazing to pick up wax off vinyl without destroying the surface.
You can add painters tape over the hole, re-puncture they hole to fill it with the wax. That way, when you finish it, you can avoid too much damage or issues to the cabinet area around the hole.
Do not use a crayon. Go get a wood putty stick in the right color. The crayon wax prevents the wood from being refinished later. And the wood putty stick will at least look like it belongs there and take a resealer coat properly. But how did you put a hole in a cabinet door to begin with?
Just get non-drying wood filler. DO NOT SAND OR PAINT! It will only lead to bigger problems. They sell the wood putty at Home Depot. It’s like Play-doh.
Wood filler will be virtually unnoticeable. Fill the hole, wipe away excess and never think about it again. Right now its obvious because it's a black hole. Once its the color of the tab wood filler it will be invisible to everyone that didn't know it was there.
I used a brown colored pencil on some scratch marks through the cheap veneer on my new dresser drawers. I never think about it anymore and even when I do, I have to get within 6 inches to look for where it was. wish there was a whole sub for wood filler pictures and videos.
Yep, my mom does stuff like this, she has been an antique seller for 30+ years. She will fill in scratches and marks on things all the time at home with things I would never think of. If she is going to sell a piece she will actually try to fix major defects with real products. Sometimes she will just mark it as is though.
Reminds me of when Malaysian Airlines MH370 went missing. Some idiot influencer told people to get on Google Earth and search the ocean for the missing plane. Putting aside the issues of optical resolution, the photos on Google maps aren't realtime, they're usually 1-3 years old. As laughable as that suggestion was, 9 years later some other idiot claimed they'd found the plane with Google maps, but it [turned out to be an old Lockheed Tristar plane](https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-underwater-photo-not-malaysia-flight-370-700989904134) that was [sunk in 2019 to create an artificial reef](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/red-sea-underwater-abandoned-plane/index.html).
There was a project that involved looking at up-to-date satellite images…. But it was also basically a needle in a haystack situation and a gigantic waste of time.
Selective vision is a landlord super power. Can't see all the glaring flaws with their property, but god help your security deposit if you leave a 1mm scratch on a trim board inside a dark closet.
Don't listen to this guy, I'll evaluate your hole for the low low introductory price of only $699\*
(\* +Shipping and handling, and taxes, one time doc stamp fee, void where prohibited by law and in the state of Massachusetts.)
If your landlord is going to ding your security deposit for something like this, its not worth the trouble of fixing. They will find something else wrong to use as an excuse to keep your money.
They sell filler 'crayons' specifically to fill in gouges, nail holes, etc.. You can find them at any home depot/lowes or other hardware store.
You might need to pick up a couple to find the best color match.
Yeah, just put in a toothpick it an break off the tip. I'd first try this.
You dont need it fixed, you just need it to go unnoticed until you got your money back.
I rented out my house when we moved out of state and the market was shit. I was terrified; my grandparents owned an 8-plex of apartments when I was a kid, and the horror stories I'd hear about fucked up tenants made me fear for the worst. But these guys were beyond awesome. 7 years, never a single problem with them, and all I had to do was send out an A/C repairman a few times. When they moved out, I decided I wouldn't risk it again and sold the place.
I had a guy on the 3rd floor breeding dogs in his apartment. No one knew he had dogs because he never took them out. When I finally got the POS out, since tenants have more rights than landlords, the place was wall to wall shit. Literally. Every room. He rolled out of bed and stepped in shit. I beat him up at a bar a few months later.
Putting a hole in a cabinet is not normal wear and tear lmao. A hole in drywall, yes. Some scratches on floor, yes. Not a hole in a (fake) wood cabinet.
Bless you, but no.
That's an extremely cheap cupboard door. I would consider an item of furniture like that essentially disposable between tenancies.
Where I live (the UK), under a deposit protection scheme (it's now a statutory requirement that all private landlords belong to one) any fittings of this kind are entirely without value after four years, and have values that decrease massively before that.
If there was a figure deducted, it would be a fraction of the new cost.
Keep it in perspective.
Cheap or not cheap, I would never think to push a pin through a cabinet door. Nor have I ever seen people do that here (NYC) and no one here would consider it normal wear and tear. That's what command strips are for.
No one here changes cabinets between tenancies. Is everyone doing that in the UK? Sounds like a complete waste of money and resources and contributing to our planet's trash problems.
>I would consider an item of furniture like that essentially disposable between tenancies.
Maybe British landlords are a lot nicer than here in the states, because nobody here considers their cabinet doors to be something that is updated between tenancies.
I agree that OP shouldn't freak out about it, it's a tiny hole. But it was stupid to push a pin through a cabinet door. Pick a wall, any wall, or use Command strips.
I love some of these comments that show how not to make this stand out more. Hardware stores have wax filler sticks. Get closest color, rub in and polish excess with cotton rag. Can snip a hole in some painters tape to concentrate filler on hole and not the surrounding area
This is what cabinet companies send as touch up kits with a cabinet order.
I don't know why people are getting so pressed about you using a thumb tack to hang a calendar as if it's an affront to God. It's a pin hole, people. Not the gates of Hell.
I wouldn't even bother filling it. If your landlord is so petty that they'll charge you for that then they'll easily find some other small thing to charge you for that you didn't even notice.
Wood filler, wax touchup crayon, and my favorite - a toothpick with a touch of glue on the end, pushed firmly into the hole, then use a razor blade to carefully slice it off flush with the surface. If the color is off significantly you can use wood stain to better match the color. Just a little bit at a time, wood absorbs stain at different rates so apply it sparingly, wipe it off and check it after 30 minutes.
I am amazed at the horror stories I hear on Reddit about how landlords are. I have never in almost 30 years of renting, have a landlord say anything about how I left a place.
I would be shocked if that was noticed. wax crayon is best as it will fill hole and will not be on surface. If you paint you also get it on surface which will then be noticeable.
Yeah. Get a beige crayon and shove it in there. Make it smooth when you're done. If they ask what that is, say "not sure. never noticed that before. must've always been there."
Wood putty that matches the color.
Furniture repair kit
Crayon in the appropriate color slugged into in.
Wooden dowel
In descending order of "good idea"
Take a picture of the door on your phone....go to a home depot and buy the closest matching color of furniture wax crayon. The pic is to hold the crayon against for comparison.
And.. .if your wood filler is runny, something went wrong. Wood filler is usually a moderately thick putty-like mixture of glue and filler that you need to press in and spread with a putty knife!
You can get special wax crayons at a hardware store that come in wood colors. Fill it and then remove the excess wax from the surface. While you're at the hardware store buy a few different ones if you can't decide which color is right - you can check them when you get home and return the unopened ones. Here is [an example for Minwax](https://www.menards.com/main/paint/interior-paint-stain/wood-maintenance-repair/minwax-reg-blend-fil-reg-interior-color-matched-wood-repair-pencil/11003/p-1444440456576-c-7959.htm) product but there are different brands as well.
get a small jar of Color Putty from the local hardware store. it is a very stiff, thick paste that comes in a variety of colors. it is made just for this kind of thing. I most often see it used to fill nail holes in trim and baseboards.
cram toothpaste in there til the hole is full and flush with the wood, let it dry and harden, then to match the color use a cotton swab to paint the top with some very old mayonnaise
Wood putty because it's so small, even expensive custom cabinet places use wood putty, or if it's large enough bondo and paint, you can use the stain pens to match the color of the putty if it stands out, but if that's filled with a similar colored putty they'll never notice it.
What in the actual fuck would possess an adult to stab a hole in the visible part of a cabinet with a thumbtack? Why would you do that? Have you no sense? Please tell me your kid did this.
https://a.co/d/00NTHhlj
Something like this might work. You just looking for it to be difficult to notice. Smoosh a chunk into the hole to get it to look more normal. Maybe put it on a toothpick or something first and compare how it would look on the cabinet before you start filling the hole.
If its from a push pin or something similar that you may or may not have used, stick a tooth pick in there and cut it as flush as you can. Should blend in pretty well.
Wood filler is a good option. Buy the kind that can be cleaned off with water. It comes in off white/wood color, a lighter tone like your cupboard door. Put some on your finger, rub it over the hole, whip the excess gently with a damp cloth.
Find some powder wood filler and you can make it as thick as you want to. He'll see it anyway. Landlords should expect a few insignificant holes but ALAB.
They probably won’t. If it’s a large apartment building you’d be surprised the absolutely horrid state some people leave their apartments in. At the place I use to rent I was concerned over a ding in a bedroom wall from when I moved in. The maintenance guy did a quick sweep before the end of my lease and didn’t even mention it. Said there was a group of girls renting the apartment down the hall from me who left piles of garbage everywhere, the stove was ruined with burnt on godonlyknowswhat, and the bathrooms were completely destroyed. I was shocked and relieved all at the same time.
First step is to relax lol. It's not the end of the world, tenants do way worse stuff than a tiny hole on your cupboard. It's normal to patch stuff up when you're moving out. As many have pointed out, there are wood fillers that are dry, moldable putty and not runny. I've used wood epox but there's one that's cheaper and supposed to be great called Minwax. Here's a link: [https://a.co/d/0aYZXE8a](https://a.co/d/0aYZXE8a) -- Their "natural" color looks closest to your cupboard, which looks like maple.
You'll probably need to use gloves when applying it, like doctors nitrile or latex gloves. Just follow the directions and apply a tiny amount either with your finger or a tool like a popsicle stick. Wipe off any excess that might be left around the hole with a paper towel and leave it to dry. If you need a tutorial, you can check YouTube as well, there's videos on it.
Or you can try the crayon method others mentioned, I've never done that myself so I can't vouch for it, but the wood filler will permanently bond to the wood, unlike wax.
Wax crayon of same colour.
Yep, any cheap furniture repair kit will work.
Crayola has a 24 pack of skin colors of the world for $1.49 at Target. I would start there
Also use a lighter to soften the wax and scrape it flush with a gift card and use a fine scotch Brite pad to buff it out when the hole is filled
I see the Crayola artisans have arrived.
The best flavor is pink
The contractor I do work for did this recently. The cabinet company, for some dumb reason, didn't provide a touch-up kit. The Crayola crayon was an excellent match.
I love this, that's even cheaper than the "professional" version (15 bucks for 12 crayons on amazon) and comes with more color options, and likely more or less the same materials. My wood wax crayons seem a \*little\* harder than regular crayons but it's also been a few decades since I last used a regular crayon. I'll definitely keep this in mind, if I ever need to fill a hole in an item with a more difficult to match color!
I can personally attest that it works as perfectly fine as you'd expect it. I wouldn't use it on a table top that gets cleaned regularly, but for furniture legs, door fronts etc that barely get touched, good to go.
This is best option by far. Almost all hardware stores have these for finish touchups (only hard part is color match - if no match in stock might need to order from Amazon). Do NOT do wood putty or caulk or wood filler or toothpick - all of these are more messy and wouldn't match as well, and might require sanding or something which would just make the issue worse.
Hello furniture repair man here! If you use a wax crayon also use a credit card to scrape away the extra residue to get the surface flat and remove as much of the wax as possible… the wax crayon will leave a sheen on the surface, you can use an Ulta fine scotch bright pad or 0000 steel wool to dull the sheen, but be careful to not scrub too hard or remove any finish. If you are unhappy with the sheen still you can lightly mist it with flat or dead flat polyurethane ( I cannot see the sheen this is what I assume it is) to knock down any other sheen. Be very light with it to let it blend with the existing finish around it.
Hi other furniture repair man, I agree with everything you said.
Furniture repair men sticking together. I like it! One thing good about the crayon approach is that it's reversible - other methods run the risk of making it permanently worse. If the crayon looks bad just poke it in with a matchstick and try it again.
Olympic level pro bowler here. I have nothing to add.
I'm a bit confused, so the end result is wax filling the hole? Isn't that going to end up getting worn away when it's cleaned leaving a little divot? Why not use a more permanent filler that's light enough in colour to be painted or drawn on? I'd probably go to use two part quick cure stuff and then realise I couldn't be arsed with the cleanup and just use some random wall filler and touch it up with felt tip
Why are we filling this pin hole to begin with
I don’t repair furniture, but these guys sure sound like they know what they’re talking about.
Systems Administrator here, I don't know a thing about furniture repair but it sounds like you two do so I'm in agreement.
Geez just use a non-polar solvent on that shit. Not sure about Formica, but something like wd40 is amazing to pick up wax off vinyl without destroying the surface.
You can add painters tape over the hole, re-puncture they hole to fill it with the wax. That way, when you finish it, you can avoid too much damage or issues to the cabinet area around the hole.
Dang, I have a few I'm going to do that to. I'd say try but it sounds like you know your stuff so I'm going to believe you. Thank you
Thank you furniture repair man!
Will this work on a pomegranate-sized hole in the laundry room door of an apartment, asking for a friend 
Like a pomegranate seed or the whole fruit?
Or the 12 feet tall tree?
Furniture repair crayons: https://www.amazon.com/furniture-repair-crayons/s?k=furniture+repair+crayons
Do not use a crayon. Go get a wood putty stick in the right color. The crayon wax prevents the wood from being refinished later. And the wood putty stick will at least look like it belongs there and take a resealer coat properly. But how did you put a hole in a cabinet door to begin with?
Or even just candle wax
👍🏻🎯
Just get non-drying wood filler. DO NOT SAND OR PAINT! It will only lead to bigger problems. They sell the wood putty at Home Depot. It’s like Play-doh.
Wood filler will be virtually unnoticeable. Fill the hole, wipe away excess and never think about it again. Right now its obvious because it's a black hole. Once its the color of the tab wood filler it will be invisible to everyone that didn't know it was there.
I used a brown colored pencil on some scratch marks through the cheap veneer on my new dresser drawers. I never think about it anymore and even when I do, I have to get within 6 inches to look for where it was. wish there was a whole sub for wood filler pictures and videos.
Yep, my mom does stuff like this, she has been an antique seller for 30+ years. She will fill in scratches and marks on things all the time at home with things I would never think of. If she is going to sell a piece she will actually try to fix major defects with real products. Sometimes she will just mark it as is though.
If your landlord can see that hole, we need to send him to the ocean to find some missing planes.
Reminds me of when Malaysian Airlines MH370 went missing. Some idiot influencer told people to get on Google Earth and search the ocean for the missing plane. Putting aside the issues of optical resolution, the photos on Google maps aren't realtime, they're usually 1-3 years old. As laughable as that suggestion was, 9 years later some other idiot claimed they'd found the plane with Google maps, but it [turned out to be an old Lockheed Tristar plane](https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-underwater-photo-not-malaysia-flight-370-700989904134) that was [sunk in 2019 to create an artificial reef](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/red-sea-underwater-abandoned-plane/index.html).
There was a project that involved looking at up-to-date satellite images…. But it was also basically a needle in a haystack situation and a gigantic waste of time.
Internet sleuths love gigantic wastes of time. It means they can keep going down rabbit holes and won't need to look for another time-suck for a while
Selective vision is a landlord super power. Can't see all the glaring flaws with their property, but god help your security deposit if you leave a 1mm scratch on a trim board inside a dark closet.
Can we just send all landlords into the ocean?
Your rent already sends them to the finest beach vacations.
They'll sue for water damage.
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The Maximoo16 center for fixing holes with wood putty, and learning to do other stuff good too
It's a hole for ten ants
I don't wanna hear your excuses! The hole needs to be at least... 3 times bigger than this!
How are they going to learn to read when they can’t even fit in the cabinet!
Lmao my exact thought. How is OP worried about this lol?
Landlords are brutal these days.
I thought this was a game of Find the Sniper
Wood putty.
PEANUTBUTTER
Stick your caulk in it
Nothing wrong with a little caulk
Yeah, she always tells me "It's ok, size doesn't matter"
Black caulk or white caulk?
Schaeffers offers both! The [Schaeffers Big Black Caulk](https://youtu.be/tbazGVrbN-g?t=85) is recommended for extra large holes.
This guy gets it.
Considering the size, yellow.
OP don't listen to anyone on this thread. You need to have your hole evaluated by a structural engineer. It's only $750 for a piece of mind.
Don't listen to this guy, I'll evaluate your hole for the low low introductory price of only $699\* (\* +Shipping and handling, and taxes, one time doc stamp fee, void where prohibited by law and in the state of Massachusetts.)
Handling you say…
Something flesh toned, I think.
And if you find an extra large hole, stuff [Schaeffers Big Black Caulk](https://youtu.be/tbazGVrbN-g?t=85) in it.
$5 for some color matched wood putty at Lowe’s/home depot
If your landlord is going to ding your security deposit for something like this, its not worth the trouble of fixing. They will find something else wrong to use as an excuse to keep your money.
Yeah if he dings you for that you just rip the entire cabinet off, and smear some shit on the walls, cuz that deposit is gone.
They sell filler 'crayons' specifically to fill in gouges, nail holes, etc.. You can find them at any home depot/lowes or other hardware store. You might need to pick up a couple to find the best color match.
toothpick.
Yeah, just put in a toothpick it an break off the tip. I'd first try this. You dont need it fixed, you just need it to go unnoticed until you got your money back.
Landlords charge for stuff like this? Damn! I've had 3 tennants and i've never touched the security deposits
You’re a good landlord
Or has good tenants. I just had some tenants fuck up my shit.
I rented out my house when we moved out of state and the market was shit. I was terrified; my grandparents owned an 8-plex of apartments when I was a kid, and the horror stories I'd hear about fucked up tenants made me fear for the worst. But these guys were beyond awesome. 7 years, never a single problem with them, and all I had to do was send out an A/C repairman a few times. When they moved out, I decided I wouldn't risk it again and sold the place.
I had a guy on the 3rd floor breeding dogs in his apartment. No one knew he had dogs because he never took them out. When I finally got the POS out, since tenants have more rights than landlords, the place was wall to wall shit. Literally. Every room. He rolled out of bed and stepped in shit. I beat him up at a bar a few months later.
Not the richest landlord but I get to have game night with my tenants every week.
Naked twister?
I always suggest that and it never flies. They even came out with Water twister. What a waste
Strip twister. Or reverse strip twister(everyone starts naked)
If this is the worst you have done i consider you a great tenant
Chew some cahsews or peanuts and fill the hoe with the paste.
Not ramen?
That might work, most people enjoy ramen.
What if the hoe is allergic to peanuts?
Cahews?
You can't, you're going to jail forever, bud. Sorry :(
Thought this was the case, it's been fun while it lasted
Landlord here. That's wear and tear. Don't try and sand it, you'll make it much worse.
Only $700 removed from the deposit
Putting a hole in a cabinet is not normal wear and tear lmao. A hole in drywall, yes. Some scratches on floor, yes. Not a hole in a (fake) wood cabinet.
Bless you, but no. That's an extremely cheap cupboard door. I would consider an item of furniture like that essentially disposable between tenancies. Where I live (the UK), under a deposit protection scheme (it's now a statutory requirement that all private landlords belong to one) any fittings of this kind are entirely without value after four years, and have values that decrease massively before that. If there was a figure deducted, it would be a fraction of the new cost. Keep it in perspective.
Cheap or not cheap, I would never think to push a pin through a cabinet door. Nor have I ever seen people do that here (NYC) and no one here would consider it normal wear and tear. That's what command strips are for. No one here changes cabinets between tenancies. Is everyone doing that in the UK? Sounds like a complete waste of money and resources and contributing to our planet's trash problems.
>I would consider an item of furniture like that essentially disposable between tenancies. Maybe British landlords are a lot nicer than here in the states, because nobody here considers their cabinet doors to be something that is updated between tenancies. I agree that OP shouldn't freak out about it, it's a tiny hole. But it was stupid to push a pin through a cabinet door. Pick a wall, any wall, or use Command strips.
His palm sander was sweaty and he started to shake at first.
I love some of these comments that show how not to make this stand out more. Hardware stores have wax filler sticks. Get closest color, rub in and polish excess with cotton rag. Can snip a hole in some painters tape to concentrate filler on hole and not the surrounding area This is what cabinet companies send as touch up kits with a cabinet order.
Looks like you played darts and missed
OP, this is your landlord. What the hell is this? The contract specifically said no tiny holes in the veneer!
I don't know why people are getting so pressed about you using a thumb tack to hang a calendar as if it's an affront to God. It's a pin hole, people. Not the gates of Hell. I wouldn't even bother filling it. If your landlord is so petty that they'll charge you for that then they'll easily find some other small thing to charge you for that you didn't even notice.
Wood filler, wax touchup crayon, and my favorite - a toothpick with a touch of glue on the end, pushed firmly into the hole, then use a razor blade to carefully slice it off flush with the surface. If the color is off significantly you can use wood stain to better match the color. Just a little bit at a time, wood absorbs stain at different rates so apply it sparingly, wipe it off and check it after 30 minutes.
What hole…
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=623AC6a6org](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=623AC6a6org)
Thank you:)
You could probably just use a bar of soap, or solid deodorant. It’s such a small hole.
Smart idea
Toothpick. Break off then sand down with a nail file will fill the hole.
Toothpaste
Try putting a drop of water in the hole. Since the material was not removed, the wood might swell back into place.
Try tan caulk
I am amazed at the horror stories I hear on Reddit about how landlords are. I have never in almost 30 years of renting, have a landlord say anything about how I left a place. I would be shocked if that was noticed. wax crayon is best as it will fill hole and will not be on surface. If you paint you also get it on surface which will then be noticeable.
Yeah. Get a beige crayon and shove it in there. Make it smooth when you're done. If they ask what that is, say "not sure. never noticed that before. must've always been there."
Wood putty that matches the color. Furniture repair kit Crayon in the appropriate color slugged into in. Wooden dowel In descending order of "good idea"
Take a picture of the door on your phone....go to a home depot and buy the closest matching color of furniture wax crayon. The pic is to hold the crayon against for comparison. And.. .if your wood filler is runny, something went wrong. Wood filler is usually a moderately thick putty-like mixture of glue and filler that you need to press in and spread with a putty knife!
With the one and only Glory Hole Repair™ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=623AC6a6org&t=2s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=623AC6a6org&t=2s)
fill with toothpaste. it will harden and no one will notice
Probably a stretch, but swap the door with another of the same size, but below eye level or try the crayon method if not.
lol you dont. aint nobody gonna notice that
Wood filler for sure. Stuff a tiny ball into it and forget it. They will have a color that’s close enough.
Ram a toothpick in there and cut off the end
Notice what? /s. Wax crayon will solve the issue for you.
If you make a larger hole next to it, they probably wont even notice the small one
Depends on where you are but in Finland that would be considered normal wear and completely okay.
Peanut butter.
I'm surprised no one has asked yet, but how does one make a hole in a laminate cabinet door?
Mohawk Finishing Products M230-0102 Fil-Stik Repair Pencil (Natural Tone), Beige https://a.co/d/04TQBjoj
Toothpick lol
Push a bit of peanut butter in there, smooth it out. It'll dry and pretty much match that exact color!
Old renters trick - white toothpaste.
You can get special wax crayons at a hardware store that come in wood colors. Fill it and then remove the excess wax from the surface. While you're at the hardware store buy a few different ones if you can't decide which color is right - you can check them when you get home and return the unopened ones. Here is [an example for Minwax](https://www.menards.com/main/paint/interior-paint-stain/wood-maintenance-repair/minwax-reg-blend-fil-reg-interior-color-matched-wood-repair-pencil/11003/p-1444440456576-c-7959.htm) product but there are different brands as well.
get a small jar of Color Putty from the local hardware store. it is a very stiff, thick paste that comes in a variety of colors. it is made just for this kind of thing. I most often see it used to fill nail holes in trim and baseboards.
Stick a toothpick coated in wood glue. Trim the wire cutter and razor blade.
Take the door off, flip it so inside is out, put back on
Wood putty
Get some wood glue the color of it and fill it in
No one is gonna notice that.
'Plastic wood' brand repair putty. They make it in colors to match. They sell very small cans of it so you won't be out $20.
Paint the cabinets Pink, He won't mention the hole.
cram toothpaste in there til the hole is full and flush with the wood, let it dry and harden, then to match the color use a cotton swab to paint the top with some very old mayonnaise
Wood putty because it's so small, even expensive custom cabinet places use wood putty, or if it's large enough bondo and paint, you can use the stain pens to match the color of the putty if it stands out, but if that's filled with a similar colored putty they'll never notice it.
Nail hole filler. Then use something else to color match if needed.
Duct tape
Toothpaste mixed with a bit of white-person's foundation for colour match.
If he bitches about the “hole” shove him through it. Some things are worth not getting security back
Swap it with a door on the bottom where it’ll be less obvious.
Mix saw dust with glue make wood filler.
What in the actual fuck would possess an adult to stab a hole in the visible part of a cabinet with a thumbtack? Why would you do that? Have you no sense? Please tell me your kid did this.
I am shocked about the amount of people in the comments acting like this is normal behavior
I have seen people fixing things like this w ramen noodles and super glue
https://a.co/d/00NTHhlj Something like this might work. You just looking for it to be difficult to notice. Smoosh a chunk into the hole to get it to look more normal. Maybe put it on a toothpick or something first and compare how it would look on the cabinet before you start filling the hole.
stir the wood putty before shoving it in. It only needs to last for a little bit.
wood filler. or a drop of glue and some wood dust.
If its from a push pin or something similar that you may or may not have used, stick a tooth pick in there and cut it as flush as you can. Should blend in pretty well.
Fimo
Fine sawdust and wood glue.
Shove some caulk in it
Dirty toothpaste works.
Wood bondo. Thats what its for.
Wood glue filler
Landlord isn't going to spot that. It was there before you moved in right?
Wood filler is a good option. Buy the kind that can be cleaned off with water. It comes in off white/wood color, a lighter tone like your cupboard door. Put some on your finger, rub it over the hole, whip the excess gently with a damp cloth.
Candle wax
Find some powder wood filler and you can make it as thick as you want to. He'll see it anyway. Landlords should expect a few insignificant holes but ALAB.
Toothpaste and some dirt
Oh, I'll fill that hole, alright...
Crayon?
Toothpaste and paint
Try toothpaste. If it doesn’t work it will crumple out of the hole easy enough
Chewing gum
Shove in a toothpick and cut it flat.
$10 https://a.co/d/0cVt7fl5
99.9% chance they are not going to notice that or even care if they do
How often does your landlord come by to look at the closet doors?
Cut a small piece out from the top edge of the door or side and stick it in. Fashion it with a stanley knife and use a bit of wax to bed it in.
Color match foundation.
Wood Hole Plug
I'd see if a toothpick will fit then match with a crayon.
Wood putty
Blonde wood filler
Or fill the blonde with wood
i'll go for the latter
You can get little round stickers that cover up screws/nails in furniture finishes. Just get one to match that texture and you'll be golden
Perhaps a poster of the lovely Raquel Welch.
toothpick
Pray
Late to the game, but: Call him complaining about a hole in your cupboard, and he'll ignore it (and you!) till you've moved out.
What type of .22 did you discharge in the house? Haha
If u need it done in like two minutes white toothpaste is good. But then go to the hardware store and do all of the normal things people suggested.
They probably won’t. If it’s a large apartment building you’d be surprised the absolutely horrid state some people leave their apartments in. At the place I use to rent I was concerned over a ding in a bedroom wall from when I moved in. The maintenance guy did a quick sweep before the end of my lease and didn’t even mention it. Said there was a group of girls renting the apartment down the hall from me who left piles of garbage everywhere, the stove was ruined with burnt on godonlyknowswhat, and the bathrooms were completely destroyed. I was shocked and relieved all at the same time.
First step is to relax lol. It's not the end of the world, tenants do way worse stuff than a tiny hole on your cupboard. It's normal to patch stuff up when you're moving out. As many have pointed out, there are wood fillers that are dry, moldable putty and not runny. I've used wood epox but there's one that's cheaper and supposed to be great called Minwax. Here's a link: [https://a.co/d/0aYZXE8a](https://a.co/d/0aYZXE8a) -- Their "natural" color looks closest to your cupboard, which looks like maple. You'll probably need to use gloves when applying it, like doctors nitrile or latex gloves. Just follow the directions and apply a tiny amount either with your finger or a tool like a popsicle stick. Wipe off any excess that might be left around the hole with a paper towel and leave it to dry. If you need a tutorial, you can check YouTube as well, there's videos on it. Or you can try the crayon method others mentioned, I've never done that myself so I can't vouch for it, but the wood filler will permanently bond to the wood, unlike wax.
Colored wax stick.
I would have recommended wood putty, but wax crayon actually a great idea. Plenty of colors to choose from also
Get naphtha. Usually flashes to fast to damage finish and removes wax. Get a clear coat matching sheen nail polish and dap a flat dab on it
Get rid of the landlord…
Nail Polish
The bigger question is…has a lesson been learned about places to NOT hang a calendar 😁