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I use Zpoxy and credit cards leaving as little on the surface as humanly possible. I do not worry with ridges at this point. I allow each coat to dry 24 hours and lightly sand the ridges off and fill again. Once I am happy with the fill and it has cured out, I sand back to bare wood everywhere. Leaving the Zpoxy fill only in the pores. I then wipe with a 60%/40% cut of zpoxy on to color the bare wood. This is very thin. almost non-existent film as the wood will soak most of it up and it flashes quick so work quick.

Bruce Indian Rosewood can have deep and open pores as you well know. 2-3 maybe 4 coats on pores like this maybe required.

I just use the Z-Poxy to fill the pores, I think the words pore filling are a clue! I apply with a credit card as well and sand back to bare wood as I only want the pores filled, any missed the first time round are redone. For mahogany necks I wipe on with lint free cloth.

Colin

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