Quote Originally Posted by Bakersdozen View Post
How about sanding sealer over timbermate?
Yeah, that might be worth trying, though I still think I'll explore some other grain fillers.

Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
From personal experience Timbermate seems to react and cause issues if stain is water based.
With using TO as a top coat it is a good idea to do some experiments on scrap timber to see how much it changes the intended colour.
Also need to bear in mind that it seems to continue 'ageing' and thus darkening in colour over time. Very hard to get blue shades looking just right when using the stuff.
Ahhh, yep. Now you mention it, water based stain is the common denominator for the times it didn't work. Can't believe it didn't occur to me. What grain filler do you normally use when using water based stains?