sleepingbulldog
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I’ve been debating what type of stain I want to use on my upcoming project, so I decided to try a few different combinations out and see how they look. I know every piece of wood will be different, but hopefully this will give an idea of what the various options look like.
The test piece is a maple practice stock from Kibler. I have used it repeatedly to practice curving and try out new ideas. In between carvings I’ve just been rasping and filing off the old carving without bothering to sand it down, so the wood surface is pretty rough.
The wood did have very nice striping and looks very comparable to the extra fancy maple I ordered in my kit.
The entire stock was coated with aquafortis, and then I added different combinations of tannic acid and lye water. The stock was blushed after adding the tannic acid but before adding lye. As a final step I rubbed in some tung oil just to get a better idea of the finished color. I’ll use a different finish on my actual rifle, tung oil was just what I had on hand.
The test piece is a maple practice stock from Kibler. I have used it repeatedly to practice curving and try out new ideas. In between carvings I’ve just been rasping and filing off the old carving without bothering to sand it down, so the wood surface is pretty rough.
The wood did have very nice striping and looks very comparable to the extra fancy maple I ordered in my kit.
The entire stock was coated with aquafortis, and then I added different combinations of tannic acid and lye water. The stock was blushed after adding the tannic acid but before adding lye. As a final step I rubbed in some tung oil just to get a better idea of the finished color. I’ll use a different finish on my actual rifle, tung oil was just what I had on hand.