What do you know about Grain fillers and sealers?

[hamerhead]

Asking for a friend again (same one).

More details: it's a bare raw never-been-finished-before pine body that's going to be painted a solid color. 1st attempt (read: dumbass).

[Steve Haynie]

My experience with a grain filler on mahogany was that it was no fun.  Trying to scrape it away before getting too dry was a mess.  Get ready for a learning curve.

[Hbom]

IIRC Pine is usually pretty close grained and shouldn't require any filler. But it needs a sealer to keep the finish even. Double seal the end grain and sand the whole thing to 320.

But I am not a painter. So your results may vary.

[murkat]

pm stike about pine and sealing of.

Depends on the species of pine, etc.

[hamerhead]

Species? Seriously?!? I thought pine was something you did for a lost love.

I'm....I mean MY FRIEND is never gonna get this.

[Hbom]

 pine, aleppo --- see pine, misc

pine, apache --- see pine, misc


pine, asian (29/29/29)

pine, austrian --- see pine, misc

pine, balfour --- see pine, misc

pine, bigcone --- see pine, misc

pine, bishop --- see pine, misc

pine, bishops --- see pine, misc

pine, black --- see pine, misc

pine, blue --- see pine, misc

pine, bristlecone --- see pine, misc


pine, caribbean (19/9/2)

pine, carolina --- see pine, misc

pine, coulter --- see pine, misc

pine, cuban --- see pine, misc

pine, cypress --- see pine, misc

pine, denim --- see pine, misc

pine, digger --- see pine, misc

pine, eastern --- see pine, misc

pine, foxtail --- see pine, misc


pine, heart (121/92/41)

pine, hoop --- see norfolk pine

pine, jack --- see pine, misc

pine, jeffrey --- see pine, misc

pine, jersey --- see pine, misc

pine, knobcone --- see pine, misc

pine, limber --- see pine, misc

pine, loblolly --- see pine, yellow

pine, lodgepole --- see pine, white

pine, longleaf --- see pine, yellow

pine, maritime --- see pine, misc


pine, mexican (45/45/45)


pine, misc (369/325/285)

pine, mugo --- see pine, misc

pine, norfolk island --- see norfolk pine

pine, norway --- see pine, misc

pine, parana --- see parana pine

pine, pinyon --- see pine, misc

pine, pitch --- see pine, misc

pine, pond --- see pine, misc


pine, ponderosa (82/59/37)


pine, radiata (92/54/25)

pine, red --- see pine, misc

pine, russian --- see pine, misc

pine, sabine --- see pine, misc

pine, sand --- see pine, misc

pine, scotch --- see pine, misc

pine, scots --- see pine, misc

pine, scrub --- see pine, misc

pine, shortleaf --- see pine, yellow

pine, silver --- see pine, misc

pine, slash --- see pine, yellow

pine, stone --- see pine, misc

pine, sugar --- see pine, misc

pine, swedish --- see pine, misc

pine, swiss --- see pine, misc

pine, table mountain --- see pine, misc

pine, torrey --- see pine, misc

pine, virginia --- see pine, yellow

pine, weymouth --- see pine, misc


pine, white (177/165/133)

pine, white cypress --- see cypress, australian

pine, whitebark --- see pine, misc


pine, yellow (194/183/165)


pink flamewood (14/3/1)


pink ivory (127/92/30)

[hamerhead]

That is sooooo not funny.

[django49]

Above post.....If you can afford to use pink ivory for a guitar body, God bless you!

[velorush]

14 hours ago, Hbom said:

pine, apache --- see pine, misc
 

My favorite! 

And the original is fantastic!

 

[LordsoftheJungle]

I've only used wood filler once and it worked pretty well,,, Timbermate was the brand and they do make a 'hardwood' pine variety (my project was in red oak). I'd try out Hbom's suggestions first though, don't use it if you don't have to, and do as many trial runs on test pieces as needed to get the desired results.

https://www.amazon.com/Timbermate-Maple-Beech-Hardwood-Filler/dp/B001NV7GRA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490625138&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=timbermate+pine&psc=1&smid=A2XE2MEZYFBJP5

 

 

 

[Stike]

Pine needs no pore/grain filler. It can be "thirsty" so you might need more sealer than you think.