Aqua Coat Water Based High Performance Clear Wood Grain Filler Gel. 1 Pint

I saw this product mentioned in a Fine Woodworking video and thought I would give it a try on project I was starting in red oak. Did a great job of filling the pours and resulted in a very smooth finish. I typically finish with a homemade wipe-on concoction of oil and varnish, basically the “Maloof” finish, and the first coat came out very smooth. Super easy to apply, use two applications for best result, wait 45 minutes between applications and sand lightly with 320 grit. It’s ready for the first coat of finish after curing over night. It does seem to slightly tone down the amber glow you normally get with an oil finish applied to untreated wood.

Works

Worked. About 60% of the grain was filled. Suggest a squeegee, not credit card to remove excess.

At first I loved it, it went on clumpy I wish it came with a specific applicator. I tried a credit card, plastic 4” putty knife, a metal one, and eventually resorted to my hand. Does not go on evenly with any method, dried green/brown in some spots, and hardened and cracked like snake skin. I have had to resend the cabinets and buy wood filler to cover up the cracks left by aqua coat. I couldn’t sand it off entirely. Out of the 10 cabinet doors I did, only 1 was able to be used with “just” aqua coat on it. The $6.97 wood primer at lowes worked a heck of a lot better, don’t waste your money.

It’s easy to see that you’ve filled the grain but after sanding half the pores still needed filling. I followed the directions carefully but even after three applications I still had about 25% open pores. Also because it’s clear, it’s not easy to spot leftover residue. I’ve used 3 other pore fillers and they all performed better on walnut.

Dieses Füllmittel kommt aus den USA, ist aber genial. Sogar eine Baumscheibe (also die extremste Form von Stirnholz) kann so verschlossen werden, dass man ohne Farbveränderung eine seidenglatte Oberfläche bekommt. Die kann man dann ggf. lackieren, muss man aber nicht.