this topic has been running through my head for a while now...
while I think Fakowood would work as a grain filler, I would argue that its not a good choice...
it does grain fill sometimes annoyingly and this is why I think for full on grain filling it would work...I recently did some tables made of cherry plywood with solid wood banding (lower costs by far I can assure you), and I filled some flaws in the ply...unfortunately I learned that it also grain filled the area around the flaw (can't sand veneer too much now can one?)...I found this out during the finishing process and one can see the totally flat areas around the fills a long ways away...
as the above poster mentions, he is going to reduce the stuff by 50%....uh huh..well this is about what would be required...the problem with this is that it will take at least 2 fills (probably 3) as when Fakowood is reduced too much (and I've never reduced it that much, more like over reduced it when I add in a bit of acetone when it gets too dry to use) it leaves very little of the solids in the hole (grain holes here) after it dries...also (using knowledge I am currently dealing with) the over reduction I refer to (adding a tad too much acetone) stains the area of the wood around its application and can be a pain to get rid of....I can only imagine what reducing it by 50% would do
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...in summation, I think with fillers like the clear epoxies around (which make the woods looks oh so clear and beautiful) there is no use for Fakowood as a grain filler...I think it would destroy the beauty of the wood and also create a lot of work however it is used (a tad over reduced, severe reduction, or whatever...one thing is sure, it would take thinning out from its normal state to even begin to get into the pores of wood unless they were huge)
