dark stain

[dougeee]

Hey guys,I searched back a few pages and couldn't find an answer to my question even though I'm sure this has been asked before.I'm lookin' for the deepest,darkest choclate brown stain/finish I can get.Almost black.How do I get it? Thanks for your patience.

 

[rich pierce]

You stain with aquafortis several times (each time, apply, wait an hour, then heat till it completely turns color) and follow with potassium permanganate and it will go as dark as you want. When done, neutralize with baking soda.

 

[Roy]

Like this??


India Ink and walnut stain.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

I use artists lampblack (which is what they make India ink with) for giving walnut an aged look. Dilute the lampblack with a little water, then rub it in well, once dry, final sand smooth (the black is left in the normal pores which I used to wet sand to fill, ugh, mud duck ugly) and apply finish. It works and looks great. Did not come up with this on my own, read about it on another ML site.

Unless mistaken, Mike Brooks is the originator of using flat black spray paint on walnut stocks, then sanding, for giving a great aged look to them. I will be giving that a try on my next piece of walnut.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

I love the dark finish on that great looking gun in pic. I love blonde women, but abhor light colored gunstock wood.

Lefty rock lock I stuffed together.

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[Roy]

That was a piece of plain maple, no figure or stripes at all and hard as a rock.

 

[Roy]

I use artists lampblack (which is what they make India ink with) for giving walnut an aged look. Dilute the lampblack with a little water

I wonder if you could mix it with denatured alcohol instead?

 

[TANSTAAFL]

What I use is water based for water colors, so should present no problem. I will test with alcohol to confirm.

 

[quinnconner]

I have been experimenting with lamp black water color right out of the tube on scraps of curly maple.It works great to bring out the stripes in the wood.I paint it on pure, let it dry ,and then steel wool off the excess.I then use danglers stains to get the golden brown or red color that I want.When the maple is painted that black it almost looks like ebony...
J.J.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

I have noted same on walnut, if buffed a bit with a soft cloth, it really takes on an ebony look.

I have had some freak out when they "see" I have ruined a great looking piece of wood. :grin:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

I wonder if you could mix it with denatured alcohol instead?


Hey Roy, after a test with the lampblack I am using, the short answer is an emphatic, "NO."

With water it blends smoothly, with alcohol, it gummed & balled up, did not mix at all.

 

[Roy]

Well now we know. :grin: Thanks

 

[dougeee]

Hey Roy,Yeah,that's what I was lookin' for.Nice :applause: I wonder if anybody has a pic of a stock with the black spray paint technique? Sounds wild :shocked2: Thanks for the help guys.

 

[quinnconner]

I have a full stock .69 cal. smooth-rifle almost ready to stain.I made inlays for it out of real ivory.I am going to use lamp black to stain it...that should really make the inlays show up! I will use cotton to buff it some.I am only going to lighten it around the wrist and where my hand goes on the forestock...other than that, she is gonna be a black rifle.....
J.J.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Paging one Mike Brooks. I checked on the other site, & he is the pioneer of the flat black spray paint method.

Perhaps we could impose on him to post his "dark" secret here.

 

[Zonie]

juniata jack: You were of course (hint, hint) just saying "real ivory" when you really (hint, hint) meant to say "real make believe ivory", right? (hint, hint). :grin:
We all know the Government takes a dim view of anyone doing anything with Real Ivory in this country. That is why we always (hint, hint) use the fake stuff. :grin: :grin:

Hope you can post pictures of your gun when it's done.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Yup, you are right Zonie, even in Alaska back in the 70's, we had Fed problems with the mastodon ivory and walrus ivory. I think the fossilized mastodon ivory has now been removed from the list, but at the time, without the proper paperwork, only the indigenous native peoples could possess the walrus variety.

 

[quinnconner]

Hi,
Thank you Zonie.I did forget to say that I was working with ivory micarta...that is amazing stuff!!! I think it is also called linen micarta??
deer antler and moose anter makes nice looking inlays to....
sorry about wandering away from dark stained wood on my post.I love dark stained muzzleloaders and blonde women!! Not neccesarily in that order....
J.J.

 

[khwils]

J.J. They're all blonde... some are just darker than others! :winking: