That ash body I've been prepping... had some real grand canyon grain in it. Those dark wide streaks of grain in the swamp ash can be a real mother to fill.
Black fill coats (2), brown fill coats (2), sanding sealer coats (2) and the deep grain was still there. So I broke out the super glue. Just as an experiment - rubbed it into the deeper grain sections in a few places. Been dry now two days, but.. I just got to do some preliminary sanding on it... sanding block of course... and the results are: Pretty damn good.
I use the fingernail test. Does my fingernail feel the grain when dragged across it at 90 degrees. It used to. In the super glue filled areas, its dead flat smooth. I think I can selectively fill those hard to fill areas with a brush and some CA glue. Let it dry and recoat if needed, then just level it out as if it were lacquer or other hard finish. So far - only positive, and no negative, except for a little extra dust (I can deal with it).
More as it comes.....
Black fill coats (2), brown fill coats (2), sanding sealer coats (2) and the deep grain was still there. So I broke out the super glue. Just as an experiment - rubbed it into the deeper grain sections in a few places. Been dry now two days, but.. I just got to do some preliminary sanding on it... sanding block of course... and the results are: Pretty damn good.
I use the fingernail test. Does my fingernail feel the grain when dragged across it at 90 degrees. It used to. In the super glue filled areas, its dead flat smooth. I think I can selectively fill those hard to fill areas with a brush and some CA glue. Let it dry and recoat if needed, then just level it out as if it were lacquer or other hard finish. So far - only positive, and no negative, except for a little extra dust (I can deal with it).
More as it comes.....