On 10/23/2012 1:02 PM, stuart noble wrote:
On 23/10/2012 17:47, polygonum wrote:

Completely agree that they can raise the grain. But, in that sense
luckily for me, most of my painting is re-decorating where the substrate
is already pretty well covered.

IME they only raise the grain on badly prepared timber

I brush a thin coat of shellac on raw wood, before using water-based paint.