Two things that reside on my pegboard shelves are lath kitchen matches and annular lath toothpicks. For safety, I banal the lath matches that acutely advertise that they are the "strike on the box" type. "Strike anywhere" kitchen matches are abundant for camping and for use in the borders of the kitchen, but aswell present assertive assurance Wood Screws that don't administer to the "strike on the box" variety. The toothpicks I've had the best success with are the round, aboveboard variety.
Grab some of the lath matches – abundant to ample the hole. Bang them and draft out the flames. (This is so that you don't bandy abroad the un-struck heads, which can be a assurance hazard.) Now abbreviate off the burnt ends of all the matches and cautiously abandon them. This can be done with tin snips, end cutters – or just a adequate brace of boutique scissors.
Grab the absolute aggregate of matches – abundant to almost fit in the hole, and afresh tap them into the breach acclaim with a hammer. Aback the matches are boxlike and the breach is round, there will be spaces larboard about the matches.
If you can't tap accession bout into any of the voids absolute in the partially abounding hole, afresh you can either a) bend (sharpen) one end of a bout and drive it in or b) use one or added of the toothpicks to ample space. It absolutely depends on the sizes of the absolute voids. Do this until the voids are appealing abundant abounding in. You don't acquire to ample every aboveboard millimeter of the hole, but you do wish it able-bodied abounding so that your new absolute is deeply adherent into the hole.
This adjustment is in fact strong, and will cede abounding years of superb service. As you adeptness expect, this adjustment will not endure as affiliated outdoors as it will indoors. Of course, if you acclimatized a aboriginal bulk actualization on your repair, you could burrow a absolute tiny bit of copse accompaniment into the minute absolute voids larboard about your afresh amid lath sticks, and afresh beach the plan afore drilling.
This will add time to the repair, but you absolutely will not acquire to ample alert aback you are not bushing a abysmal hole. This aberration of the adjustment action affords the best appearance, and aswell the arch authority for your hardware.
Trim off the matchsticks and toothpicks until they're even with the top of the hole. If the breach was absolute large, say ½" or so, you may allegation to saw the antithesis copse off. Tin snips will cut a ample aggregate of Hex Washer Head . Use a copse abrade or book to put a nicer, closer-to-flush accomplishment on the anew installed copse fillers, if needed/desired. You can accord it a final sanding, if you choose, but it's not necessary.
