Best way to fix this chip in wooden chair?

[bobsmith2]

Hi,

I've got a wooden chair which has somehow been chipped. I can obtain some touch up paint from the manufacturer but would I need to use a wood filler + sand to get it right (e.g. something like ronseal wood filler). Are there any tips/advice on the best way to tackle this, including any tools that might help a beginner?

Thank you!

 

[Wayners]

I'd mix powdered filler really thick like putty. Way thicker than normal.
Thumb in.
Wet thumb smooth.
Paint..

It's so small you don't want to be sanding or making a bigger area to repair

 

[Sparky3]

Or use something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Furniture-...hvtargid=pla-1943135406460&psc=1&gad_source=1

 

[ray.birch]

If the rest of the paint around it is solid, I would be tempted to touch up with a bit of white paint and forget about the rest. As Wayners has said, I strongly expect sanding etc could make it worse. Particularly as painting a larger area should probably done with a sprayer to get the same factory finish (in my humble opinion!)

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I would have dabbed a bit of Tippex on and moved on with my life by now.

 

[foxhole]

Tape off and fill with paint , 4-5 fills should do it.

 

[johnny2007]

Yes, just touch it up and it will be invisible.

 

[bobsmith2]

Great, thank you all

 

[opps]

You can add waterbased artist paints to (most) fillers (including 2 pack fillers). I regularly purchase cheap sets of tubes of artist paints from discount art supplies stores for about £5. I use them with clear 2 pack filler to fill holes in tiles.

With such a small area, rather than using 2 pack fillers, I would consider something so soft that you can "sand" it with a wet rag on a cork sanding block (eg Red Devil OneTime or, as per @Wayners post, a soft powder based filler).

 

[chirpychippy]

White wax filler stick.

 

[opps]

White wax filler stick.

I was thinking that, but is the paint white?

 

[chirpychippy]

I was thinking that, but is the paint white?

Cream wax filler stick

 

[opps]

Cream wax filler stick

And an advantage of the wax stick is that it won't get dirty.

 

[chirpychippy]

And an advantage of the wax stick is that it won't get dirty.

It's not even that, colour match paint probably won't match depending on the age of the chair it's position to sunlight etc. The area to be painted would be bigger than the area to be repaired. I expect the chair was sprayed so paint brush marks will show and the colour could be different.

Just wax it.