My latest Woodsrunner in .54 cal. This was advertised as an above grade extra fancy with a small bark inclusion on the other side that’s now invisible. I used iron nitrate as the staining method followed by 8 very thin coats of Kiblers finish and each burnished back with 0000 steel wool and the final coat rubbed out with a clean piece of denim followed by a coat of Renaissance wax. The metal was finished up to an 800gr texture and antiqued with cold blue buffed back with the same grade steel wool and a little white scotch brite here and there.
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My latest Woodsrunner in .54 cal. This was advertised as an above grade extra fancy with a small bark inclusion on the other side that’s now invisible. I used iron nitrate as the staining method followed by 8 very thin coats of Kiblers finish and each burnished back with 0000 steel wool and the final coat rubbed out with a clean piece of denim followed by a coat of Renaissance wax. The metal was finished up to an 800gr texture and antiqued with cold blue buffed back with the same grade steel wool and a little white scotch brite here and there.
Wow! What a beautiful piece of wood, and finish job. Nice.
chrisLD
32 Cal
Stunning. We’ll done
Very nice
Well done! Do you have a closeup pic of the inclusion and how you went about masking it?
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Not exactly invisible but I added a bit more iron nitrate in this area. With all the figure this stain in the wood isn’t eye catching at all and really just adds more character to a piece of wood with a lot of it already. Personally, I feel wood with spalting and stains is more appealing visually as the character gives randomness and variation to the figure. I’ll add that in the second video I scrolled right past it and if you’re not looking hard you’ll miss it.
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Maximillian
32 Cal
Fantastic, really well done!
Beautiful job!
I agree 100%. That inclusion would only be known if you told someone it was there. I like it a bunch!! Great work!
chrisLD
32 Cal
Did yoh finish the barrel?
I like inclusions, it adds interest to me and many original guns had them.
Yes. I used oxpho blue and knocked it back with steel wool.
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Nice job ..
Thank you. It turned out far better than I expected. Not sure why but I think it is that I took everything very slow. And in small pieces.
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