After thoroughly stripping the wood, and lightly sanding, sponge it with water ( distilled ), let dry, sand off ( very lightly ) "whiskers" which have been raised, then stain with water-soluble aniline dye stains ( also mixed into distilled water ) for clearest, cleanest grain retention. Go get Flexner's book. Thump __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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