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Monday, February 10, 2014

Sanding and Pre-Stain Raising the Grain

Good Evening.   Today, I finished sanding the table to a 220 grit.  So now I will raise the grain with water prior to applying a water based dye.  I have done this before and it works well when you are going to use a water based dye.   If I were going to use a alcohol or oil based stain I would not have to do this.  But water based dye is the deepest penetrating colorant of the group.
After raising the grain with water, I will lightly sand with 0000 steel wool or 320 grit sand paper.  If you use steel wool be careful to remove all of the little steel wool crumbs because if you leave them behind it will ruin you finish.
So here is today's video:
 

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