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| awemawson:
I'm no woodworker, but I do seem to remember 'grain filler' made up from knotting filler diluted with solvent and a bit of dye added to match the colour. |
| Swarfing:
To fill the grain you would be better off putting lots of layers of your finish and sanding back between coats. Better than losing the beauty of the wood. |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: awemawson on July 17, 2015, 12:42:18 PM ---I'm no woodworker, but I do seem to remember 'grain filler' made up from knotting filler diluted with solvent and a bit of dye added to match the colour. --- End quote --- Yeah I think that's the right way to do it, I was just wondering if I could avoid buying something. --- Quote from: Swarfing on July 17, 2015, 01:18:47 PM ---To fill the grain you would be better off putting lots of layers of your finish and sanding back between coats. Better than losing the beauty of the wood. --- End quote --- With any other varnish i'd agree, but this shellac stuff puts on absurdly thin layers. It's very thin stuff when mixed so you cant goop it on so easily. Plus I don't think this construction meranti and scrap walnut has too much by the way of beauty. |
| krv3000:
hi well get sum clear casting resin its a bit like fibre glass resin you mix it in the same way but its culler less brush on leave to harden then sand off its mutch harder than varnish and can be polish to a mirror finish |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: krv3000 on July 17, 2015, 08:09:49 PM ---hi well get sum clear casting resin its a bit like fibre glass resin you mix it in the same way but its culler less brush on leave to harden then sand off its mutch harder than varnish and can be polish to a mirror finish --- End quote --- I made a couple of model boats when I was 12, and the second one I coated in exactly that stuff from a recommendation. Perhaps I didn't mix it properly but it took years for it to stop feeling sticky to the touch, and I never could get any paint to stick to it. It'd probably work well if I knew what I was doing, but I think it'd be too risky. Sorry to shoot down all these suggestions. I appreciate receiving them though, since it gives me more to fall back on if something doesn't work out. Plus they might come in handy in the future. |
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