DAP Fillers

DAP Fillers: A Legacy of Trusted Wood Repair Solutions

DAP has been a cornerstone of home repair and construction for over 160 years. Founded in 1865, the brand has built an unmatched reputation for first-to-market innovations across patch and repair categories — and nowhere is that expertise more evident than in their lineup of fillers. Whether you're tackling a quick DIY touch-up or a demanding professional restoration, DAP brings a depth of engineering and real-world performance to every product.

The Plastic Wood Legacy

At the heart of DAP's filler lineup is the iconic Plastic Wood brand. DAP acquired the Plastic Wood brand in the 1990s, and it has since become a go-to solution for repairing, restoring, and finishing wood surfaces. The range spans multiple formulas to cover virtually every repair scenario:

• DAP Plastic Wood Filler — A high-quality, latex-based solution for filling holes, cracks, gouges, and scratches on interior and exterior wood surfaces. Its thick, knife-grade formula is well-suited for vertical surfaces, moulding, and sculpting.
• DAP Plastic Wood Professional Wood Filler — A solvent-based, high-performance formula crafted with real wood fibers. It hardens to a solid finish that can be sanded, cut, drilled, screwed, planed, stained, varnished, or painted — making it the choice for demanding professional-grade repairs on furniture, doors, paneling, and molding.
• DAP Plastic Wood-X with DryDex — Combines proven wood repair performance with DAP's DryDex Dry Time Indicator technology, taking the guesswork out of when the filler is fully cured and ready for finishing.
• DAP PLASTIC WOOD Epoxy Filler — A two-component, sag-resistant epoxy engineered for wood restoration. Formulated to work even on wet wood, it delivers exceptional structural repair capability where standard fillers fall short.

DAP Premium Wood Filler: Chameleon Color Blend Technology

For woodworking and finishing applications where a seamless, invisible repair is the goal, DAP's Premium Wood Filler stands apart. This 3-in-1 product functions as a wood filler, grain filler, and sealer coat in one application. Its standout feature is Chameleon Color Blend Technology, which allows you to mix stains or pigments directly into the wet filler to achieve an exact color match to existing wood tones. The water-based formula is sandable, paintable, and stainable, and can even be thinned slightly with water to create a pore-filling grain coat for a smooth, tabletop finish.

Why DAP Fillers Stand Out

DAP's filler products are formulated for real-world durability — they won't sink, shrink, crack, or fall out after curing. Fast dry times keep projects moving, and clean-up is simple with water-based formulas. From a quick furniture scratch repair to a full exterior wood restoration, the filler range from DAP provides professional-grade results for contractors and do-it-yourselfers alike. With products tested across decades of use on job sites and in workshops, DAP continues to be one of the most trusted names in patch and repair.