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   RW | Dec 18, 2002 09:43am | #1

   You can use dewaxed shellac as a sealer after staining, but it's not necessary with lacquer. As to filling, use a pore filler if thats what he wants. Sand it dead flat, fill it, scuff it, stain it, shoot it, done. The filled look in oak isn't particularly pleasing. Does this guy know what this is going to look like based on what hes asking for? Oh well. If it pays . . .

   " You are young, my son, and as the years go by time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters." - Plato

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   davamoore | Dec 18, 2002 04:48pm | #2

   It is interesting, isn't it, how some people specify a particular wood that they must have in a piece, then do everything in the world to keep that wood from showing the very characteristics that made it the wood of choice in the first place.

   Of course, if those same people were requesting a particular wood for its construction values (stability, decay resistance, whatever) or some other property, but wanted a particular look, I could understand it better.  Sadly, I've yet to meet that person.Look, I made a hat -- Where there never was a hat!

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   PlaneWood | Dec 18, 2002 05:04pm | #3

   "but it's not necessary with lacquer"

   It's not necessary UNLESS your doing the waxy exotic tropical woods.  Certainly not required for Oak.  I have not had good luck using lacquer directly on Rosewood.  Dewaxed shellac seems to do the trick there.

   I have gotten orange peel using lacquer on top of regular waxed shellac. 

   Also, thinned lacquer will make it's own sanding sealer.  I was told by a Deft representative that a sanding sealer under Deft lacquer was not necessary.  He said that, even though Deft sells a lacquer based sanding sealer!  He concurred with me on using a sealer on the exotic stuff.

   PlaneWood by Mike_in_KatyPlaneWood

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   RW | Dec 19, 2002 02:45am | #4

   Actually, if you're going to go over an oily exotic, use vinyl sealer under lacquer. Especially if you're shooting precats." You are young, my son, and as the years go by time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters." - Plato