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Porosity isn't a problem unless you're trying to transfer every tiny detail. What _is_ a problem, and where most people have trouble, is that the wood has to be at least locally flat so the paper can easily make contact at every point.

I scrape the surface before I transfer and it works fine.

--RC

"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr.

OK, but I couldn't get any combination of heat and pressure to transfer toner from paper to machined aluminum surfaces, while solvents transferred it quite easily and durably. Just my casual experiments; I don't understand why.

My experience trying to transfer to metal hasn't been very good either. That's why I was interested in your suggestion to try acetone.

--RC "Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr.