On 12/20/2011 12:01 AM, Father Haskell wrote:
On Dec 18, 1:42 pm, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

Grain raising is an overstated problem. I've used water-thinned
Transfast dye on ash and had it come out as smooth and level
as glass (shellac, *after* filling the grain with epoxy, of course).
Raise the grain with a damp cloth and sand it back a couple
of times. It won't raise a third time.


If you go to the trouble to fill the grain with epoxy, sand, wet, sand,
wet, sand and then shellac I would not IMHO say that dealing with raised
grain is an overstated issue.