Drywall Screw Fixes Wooden Plug Coverup

Sometimes the best tricks come from the most frustrating situations. One of my passions is refinishing old furniture and that means sometimes dealing with someone else’s “quick fixes.” One day while trying to refinish a dresser for my sister, I came across a stubborn wooden plug that covered a screw head.  Completely fed up, I drilled a 1/8"   pilot hole through the center of the plug and then drilled a drywall screw through the hole.  The drywall screw bottomed on the hidden screw head and forced the plug up and out of the hole.  A well-bonded plug may need to be drilled out.