Binh has mentioned Bradford pear as a favorite. It is light in color
and absolutely bland in every respect -- a blank canvas, as it were.

Bill

Owen Lowe wrote:
In article . com,
"Joe Fleming" wrote:


Owen, Binh sands to about 400 or 600 grit. During my class, we did not
raise the grain prior to color application. Also, no sealer goes down.


Hi Joe. Offhand, do you know what wood(s) Binh uses? Could fuzzing/grain
raising be a function of the OP's use of beech? The acrylic paints my
daughter is using on spin tops is raising the grain of the hard maple...