CrystaLac Clear Wood Grain Filler (8oz Mini)

I have used this product for several years. i purchased this small container to introduce a friend to it's qualities; water-based, easy application, easy clean-up, dries clear, no solids, and sands well.I fully recommend this product over any other filler I have used in over 50 years of amateur and professional woodworking,

Easy enough to apply and sand but it does NOT dry clear. It looks milky when sealed over with lacquer sanding sealer. What's worse, after 6 coats of sprayed on finish the grain is still very open. TimberMate is far superior.

My experience with Crystalac Wood Grain Filler was disastrous. I believe this was because compared with other finishing products the manufacturer provides very few instructions on how to use the product. I read the few directions on the package and on their website. I also watched the simplistic video on the website. I even read many of the helpful reviews on the Amazon page. But nowhere did I find any advice about the optimal temperature for using the product. After much work preparing my oak kitchen table, I began to use Crystalac when the temperature in the room was 82F. This was a huge mistake. Crystalac immediately dried before I had a chance to scrape off the excess. The table was a mess of white streaks on the surface above the stain. The only way to handle this situation was to completely sand down the table to the bare surface and start over. I have used products that advise against using when the temperature is over 85F or 90F. But when no mention at all is made about the best temperature range to use the product, and when that upper range is so crucial to the successful use of the product, this is a significant problem for this product.

Easy to use, took dye well; sands ok especially if you wait 24 or more hours.

Crystalac is a great company. good quality products, just good stuff :)

Great product, dries fast sands well

This requires several coats and use with another product. Only very specialized uses

this works well if you understand what it does. It fills pores. You put it on and after its dry you sand down to the wood surface, you don't leave a film on the wood. The only filler left on the wood should be in the pores, not the general surface. There should not be a film on the surface of the wood.