slor Posted August 3, 2007 Report Posted August 3, 2007 Still working on that mahogany Firebird clone. I've applied a coat of waterbased grain filler and waterbased sanding sealer, sanded with dry #220, and seen plenty of pores. Okay, start again: Apply 2 coats of grain filler, really packing and scraping the heck out of it. I haven't yet sanded the grain filler, but I can still see pores. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? Would oil-based be all that much better? Do I need to go nuclear with CA glue or epoxy? Thanks, Seth Quote
Prostheta Posted August 3, 2007 Report Posted August 3, 2007 It's possible that you're pulling the grain filler out of the fine pores by "scraping the heck out it". Do you apply with the grain, then level against it? Quote
slor Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Posted August 6, 2007 Thanks for the tip...turns out I was just moving too fast. It's waterbased filler, and all my references said "move quickly before it sets up" but once I started waiting a few minutes it behaved much better! Thanks, Seth Quote
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