The idea is to fill the pores with epoxy that augments the color scheme…. in this case, purple so heavy it looks black.
Almost all comes back off. This stick will be sane back to wood, all the way up to 4000 again, then coated with 2 layers of clear epoxy, then 15 of CA.
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