Fillers, white moulding

[Trinity]

What do you use as a filler if needed on white (ish) mouldings please. White seems to accentuate the joint as a black line and I'd like to improve them.

[Roboframer]

Liberon do a white wax stick, then there's liming wax, acrylic paint, pastel, oil pastel and cheap crayons. Tippex and blanco might be go-ers too

[Steve N]

I use B&Q fine surface filler, drys within a few minutes, wipe off the excess with a damp cloth, also if you use wax stick or lime, you could polish up the surface, which is mat on a lot of white moulding

[Graysalchemy]

I make sure my joints are as best as i can get them so as I don't need to, but there are always occasions when one slips through or you have no more moulding left, so I use liming wax. Unfortunately they never sit flat on the surface and I find that the gap in the joint will always be there, though disguised.

[prospero]

Gessoed white mouldings with a dead flat - matt or shinny finish are probably the worse things to have a gap in. Any slight inperfection will stick out like a sore thumb and you can never disguise the gap completely satisfactorily. Washy white mouldings are easier because some wood grain is evident so liming wax works OK on these.

Fortunately I never use finished white mouldings.

[Smiffy]

We use this stuff... 'Amaco' Nail Hole & Corner Filler'

Works a treat!

We found that some of the white mouldings we use, no matter where we pin or how many pins are used, we are left with the mega thin black hairline joint. It breaks me, but rub a little bit of this into the line (you literally need a couple of mm on your finger tip), then wipe it off... The line completely dissapears.

It's from Lion (Feb 2013 cat), page 75, item no: 6100E - £7.56

One tin will last AGES!

[Trinity]

Great selection of helpful advice, thanks.