Crystalac grain filler.

I just finished using it for the first time.  The top of a Westinghouse 
H-104 is heavily grained, and after stripping and sanding mine, I used 
Crystalac to fill the grain.

The big selling point of this product for me was that it dries clear,
which 
eliminates color-match problems or the hassle of mixing.  Plus it's 
waterborne so it cleans up easily and dries quickly.  Pretty much the same

process as other grain fillers - wipe it on and into the grain, trowel it 
off with a credit card, dry, sand.    It's sandable after about an hour,
two 
at the most.

It seems to have worked well.  I haven't applied lacquer yet, but it looks

smooth and the fingernail test confirms.  I had to fill and sand twice to 
get all the ****es, and it was a lot more difficult to sand than I
expected. 
It's tougher than the wood so you have to be sure to trowel off as much as

possible.   Also it does dry pretty quickly so if it's a large area you
need 
to do sections.

But in the end it worked pretty well and wasn't all that difficult to use.

Jeff