After reading all these responses, I think just about anything except
epoxy will work. You just want the remains of the bung to break free
cleanly from the sides of the hole. I just dig them out with a knife
tip. I doesn't take long and you can do it a little bit at a time
after you dig the initial "V". Running a screw through the middle
sounds like a good way to lift up splinters of surrounding grain to
me.

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Roger Long



"BF" wrote in message
...
Wonder what would happen if you put a glob of the viscous super glue
on the
bottom of the bung, where it would only bond to the screw head? Then
when
you run your wood screw into the bung for removal, it shouldn't tear
out any
of the surrounding wood.
The humid environment and use on end grain might make it a non
starter, but
might be worth an experiment.
BF

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
"Dennis Pogson" wrote

I think he wants to remove them without tearing great holes in
his
lovely
teak.

Exactly, although it's far from lovely teak.


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Roger Long