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Filling holes in pre-finished moulding Question
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Aside from that, you've got the color crayon or filler route. Crayons can match color pretty well if you go to someone like Mohawk (if I remember the name correctly). They make all kinds of advanced touch-up tools, mainly for furniture makers, but good for high-end installations, too. If you're not aware of a company like this, contact your finishing source. He or she will know who to call locally.
We pre-finish our mouldings, then take a scrap piece and punch a lot of holes in it with a nail set. We get a couple cans of color putty at SW. We get one color to match the open grain (on oak, for example) and a color to match the solid part. The two can be mixed if neither matches exactly. We keep a small ball of a blended putty for those odd places. I've used a lot of color putty for pre-finished trim, and there are two items I'd like to bring up: 1) You can mix different colors together, and if you're patient (and not color blind), you'll get a damn near perfect match. 2) Denatured alcohol is what I've used to wipe the filled spots down. I use a liberal amount so the "haze" doesn't stick around.
We have pretty good luck with mixing and matching with colored putties, but try to avoid big holes. If we are not getting a real good match, we go for the colored felt pens from Mohawk or Minwax to spot in the putty. Would you like to add information to this article? Interested in writing or submitting an article? Have a question about this article? Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? 
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