Highlighting grain in cherry stock

[Buff1958]

I have another Cherry stock coming for my woodsrunner. It has a lot of grain lines in it. The other 2 cherry stocks I have finished I used lime and then chambers oil.
Is there a process I can use to highlight the figure? Something like you do with aqufortis on Maple.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
Read this thread from start to end. It will explain a lot.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...gland-connecticut-river-valley-fowler.113074/

dave

 

[Buff1958]

Hi,
Read this thread from start to end. It will explain a lot.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...gland-connecticut-river-valley-fowler.113074/

dave

thanks but he made that one way darker than I am looking for

 

[rich pierce]

When using chemical stains like AQF or lye, make a solution according to a formula others use. Take a third of that solution and add an equal amount of water. Try this dilute solution first. If not dark enough make a mix of the dilute and full strength. If not dark enough use the full strength solution.

I don’t care for figure in cherry. Plain is good. Just a personal preference. It’s not like curly maple to me.

 

[Norman Brooks]

I used bone black to highlight the grain in this one. Not for sure if it would make the figure pop though. You can experiment on the inside of the barrel channel.