I’ve worked with QS Maple veneer on several occasions. And one thing I notice is that in the process of manufacturing there occurs a fair amount of tear out, or for lack of a better term what I’ll call a “scaling” effect( like fish scale texture) which tends to be the most prevalent where the ray fleck is most prominent. This phenomena manifests itself most during the finishing process. The surface is quite noticeably pitted. In the past I’ve pretty much used many coats of finish and sanded to fill these voids (which takes forever). Now I’m wondering if grain filler would be a better alternative?
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Grain filler works best on ring porous woods like oak, than maple. Try wetting it and fine sanding before finishing. i find a good clear coat base like Deft builds it out before a lacquer or other topcoat.
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Is the effect more prevalent on one face of the veneer than the other? Perhaps these are knife checks from slicing the veneer, which should be on one face, and apparent in thicker veneer. You may be able to minimize it by careful choice of the show face.
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