In a message dated 06/06/02 5:04:37 PM, gnewell@ameritech.net writes: << Now, how about the difference between a sanding sealer and something else like ... say ... shellac. I have been told that a coat of shellac will even out how wood takes stain. Do you find this to be the case?>> well while this is correct....... it is not adressing a mist coat for wood filling purposes. The mist caot applies only when we are speaking of bare, perhaps stained wood. I don't like spraying shellac and I don't think that one can brush a mist coat of the stuff................perhaps someone with more shellac knowledge can answer this... <<Also, do water based filler take stain as well as other filler types?>> you gots to experiment with your filler.... I have found the same filler from the same manufacturer takes stains differently according to the lot No. ! :-( Keep in mind that the main 'filler' ingerdient in most fillers is silica which doesn't 'take' stain at all..................the binder is actually what we are staining........... Someone correct me if I am wrong here. Jim Bryant (FL)
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