Filling grain of porous woods
G'Day Guys,
I am working on a piece in New Guinea Rosewood which has many large open pores which the Shellac will not fill. The books I have read say to use pumice powder to fill them but I've never seen pumice for sale and in any case it seems like a time consuming way to fill the pores.
Is there a short cut to filling grain for a first time french polish attempt? I tried it on a test piece of wood without any attempt to fill the pores and the shellac just sinks in or doesn't cover the holes at all, just like the books say it won't :B
Please give me your grain filling solutions.
Thanks
Coxy