Mohawk Finishing Products M230-1250 Fil-Stik Repair Pencils (12 Pk), Multicolor

This product is just fantastic!!! It made me feel I could repair anything! I tried it once and become totally obsessed. The repair looked so great I couldn’t stop using it.

I was refinishing oak kitchen cabinets and was kind of sad that the previous owners had attached a paper towel holder to the side of one of the cabinets. I've tried other ways to fill holes and if you're staining the wood, it just doesn't work. These wax crayons are the answer! Once you stain the wood you can use the crayon that's closest to your wood color and it really works to fill the hole and hide it. My husband was amazed, he had to really search to find the holes in the cabinet. I'm so happy to have a solution to filling holes in stained wood, I wish I had found them a few years ago.

I was disappointed that this set didn't have a dark, neutral brown. The pic looks like it does, but in reality, the darkest brown is quite red. I ended up having to mix together several colors to achieve what I needed and then I applied it with a tiny putty knife and used a credit card to scrape off the excess. I spent several days and quite a few hours trying to repair the damage my granddaughter made to our dark mahogany countertop. It isn't perfect, but it's better than it was prior to the repair. I am a perfectionist, so I took my time and let my repairs dry in between since trying to fill some fairly deep gouges proved to be frustrating, since applying more product was pulling out the previous layers. Letting it dry between allowed me to build and add on to my previous attempt until I finally got the repair level with the rest of the counter. The gouges ran against the grain of the counter, unfortunately, so it was impossible to make the repair look seamless. The crayons are rather dry, but with some effort, you can mix the colors together. Leaving it a little streaky actually adds to a nice effect, so don't completely mix to a uniform color.

We used these to fill the nail holes on finished door jambs and trim. At first, I had nothing but trouble and had OK results scraping off a little with my fingernail, sliding it into the hole, and then smoothing it - tedious at best. Then I watched the video on Mohawk's site and skeptically tried it. Yep, it worked. You just have to run the crayon back and forth over the hole to warm it up from friction until it nicely fills the hole. Then use a stiff card to level it with the surface, and wipe around the fill with a cloth to get any wax off the rest of the finish. We found one color in this kit that worked on most of our areas and then used one lighter and one darker to blend other spots. For us it was a good color kit (12 pk), especially not knowing which color would work. The photo actually has two finished nail holes - hard to see, but I guess that's the point!

Was using these to fill some deeper gouges in a veneered desktop. Took practice but I ended up with an acceptable result. A few things I learned: - Does not adhere to indentations in finished wood; needs to be a full thickness gouge or scratch. - Can use a hairdryer to soften the stick or a piece of the stick, but you don’t have to. If you choose to do this, don’t also heat the furniture or the wax becomes too thin (won’t fill) and gets messy. - I found it easiest to press the stick into the scratch and then twist the stick so that a small piece breaks off into the scratch, then use firm pressure and finger to spread it. - Can fill in layers, but it adheres to itself, so while trying to add another layer, the stick can easily grab the layer you already put down and remove it. - Scrape off excess with a credit card and then buff with a microfiber cloth. - Not for high traffic- will come off eventually. Good luck.

These wax sticks have a great color range, and appears to be high quality filler. But at first I tried using it by just pressing to fill brad holes, and the pressure needed could actually damage soft wood, and didn't do a great job of filling the hole thoroughly. The instructions said to use a contractors heat gun. But those get really hot and the heat alone can damage surfaces. So I used it with an easy to use small hair blow dryer, and it works so very well. First I heat and fill all my brad holes in an area. Then I come back around and slightly heat those areas before polishing the excess wax off with a soft lint free cloth. I've tried other brands and these are the best so far.

Perfect for moving Companies !

I received the package with 11 pencil and tape a the top to hold it close. I was a little disappointed.

Good product. Does the job