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A CLEAR wood grain filler? I don’t know how they did it, but this new wood grain filler really does dry virtually transparent. That means that every bit of the wood’s color (stained or not) comes through brilliantly. Filling the wood grain before applying the clear coats helps eliminate those distracting little pock marks where the finish didn’t completely fill the pores. Simply rub it in and trowel it off to remove the excess. Paste left behind in the pores will level the surface so you can lay down a silky smooth finish. You can tint it with just a dab of latex paint colorant or universal tint (available from most paint stores). May be used with waterborne or solvent-based topcoats. For best results, stain the wood before applying CrystaLac Clear Wood Grain Filler. Paste wood grain filler is a special blend of silica, clays, ground glass, and binder. CPF-2530 is only available as a quart.
Note: Wood grain filler is not designed to fill nail holes (use wood putty for that).
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Works great! One exception??
By Yet Another Woodworker
from Colorado Springs, CO
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Comments about CrystaLac Wood Grain Filler:
This is the second time I have used the product. The first was to grain fill on the writing surfaces of an oak roll top desk. I was extremely happy with the results. My second effort was not so good, but that may have been my fault. I made a small table with an walnut top. The first coat on the top was BLO. I waited several days for it to dry then added a layer of poly. I waited 2 days after that and then added my first layer of Crystalac. When I sanded the product down I noticed a couple of white-ish cloudy spots. I had read about strange results when using BLO and thought I had waited sufficiently for it to dry. (I live in CO, low humidity) I ended up sanding/removing the Crystalac and just went with a poly finish. It looks great. I am getting ready to build a walnut dining table and will use Crystalac on it, but without the BLO. Some other notes: It took 5 coats of Crystalac to grain fill the oak top. It takes a minimum of two days drying before you can sand it down.
Great Product
By Mike
from Sun Valley, Nv.
I put CrystaLac on with cloth pas. Worked, into grain pattern, well. Then sanded litely. Result was glass smooth surface.
(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Crystal Lac grain filler
By Sealfoam
from Fort Worth TX
I use the filler on my guitars. Its the best filler I have used. It does not require a lot of sanding between coats. It does not cloud the grain. Takes about 3 applications to fill all the poresI apply it with a small cotton rag and coat the surface about 1sq ft at a time and then dap the filler into the grain. Wait for a few minutes until I detect it is drying slightly and then remove the surplus with a soft scraper like a rubber window squeegee at 45 degrees to the grain.I use a very light touch to prevent lifting the filler out ot the grain.Will not go back to epoxy or colored fillers.
(2 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
crystalac works like strpper
By teevons
from seattle
About Me Professional
Product destroyed finish on wood projects, instructions say to apply over stain, Crystalac left large areas where it removed stain and acted like a stripper. I had to re sand down to bare wood and redo project all over again,. terrible product unless you want a stripper.
(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Great Pore Filler!
By Harlan
from Woodbridge, CT
This is the best pore filler I have use for guitars. I wanted a filler that was relatively healthy, easy to apply and clean-up. CrystaLac beats 'um all.