I'm skinning my first RC, a Don Smith 1/9 B24 J. Like a typical man, I don't ask directions until I can't figure it out myself. How do you fill the grain of balsa so when you paint it, the paint doesn't drop into the grain and when it dries it still looks like balsa. I've tried thinning down carpenters wood filler with water until it's the consistency of thick water, brush it on, sand when dry and multiple coats of primer. It seems like a lot of work and still some of the grain shows through. Any suggestions on how to do it once and be done with it.

Thanks in advance,

Tally Ho

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