Take the tour ×  I drilled a 1/2" hole into a stained oak board
and I want to fill it so that it's as minimally noticeable as
possible. Here are the three options I've found so far:    •
Wood putty. This means I'd have to stain the wood putty after
it's dry, but I have no idea how to go about matching the stain
since I bought the wood already stained.   • Insert a dowel into
the hole, cut it off at the surface, sand, and stain. Again,
though, I don't know how to match the existin stain.   • Mix saw
dust from the wood I am patching with wood glue. Other people
have said this was successful. It obviously wouldn't preserve
the grain and would have to be stained again (provided that the
hardened glue would allow for that).   • Use a plug cutter to
create a plug out of the same wood that I am filling. I really
like this idea, but I imagine this would be very difficult to
pull off because I'd need to make sure I cut the plug perfectly
level (ie, go straight down) so that the exposed surface of the
plug is perfectly