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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2014 7:09 am 
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First name: Lynn
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I am new here and starting a new neck with rosewood fret board and was wondering if anyone uses a grain filler on rosewood as it is a open grain wood? Any thoughts and recommendations are appreciated.

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Hi Lynn: Welcome to the OLF!

Fretboards are generally not pore filled and really don't need to be either.

Hope this helps.
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Pore filler is applied so that the top coating can be leveled flat so as to provide a completely smooth surface that can then be polished to a high gloss, if the maker/finisher chooses to do so. Generally the fingerboard is not finished but rather waxed or dressed with one of the other commercial fingerboard treatments.

Short answer -- no.

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