Permalyn sealer - whitefish look on end grain

[HighUintas]

I stained my stock, and applied the sealing coats of permalyn sealer. It has been 24 hours since the last coat, and I put on the first thin coat this evening.

Before putting on the coat this evening, a few areas of end grain seemed to have a white-ish look to them instead of the darker color of the stain that is on the rest of the stock. Areas like the front and rear rounds of the lock panels where the top and bottom converge, etc. I went ahead and put the first thin finish coat on and a couple hours later after it's started to dry to the touch, these areas are whitish looking again.

Does this mean that area is still soaking up sealer? Did I not sand those areas enough? Will it eventually look better after putting on enough coats?

 

[Flintandsteel]

Photos would help.

 

[HSmithTX]

Pics would be great, does it look dry or does it look like it's cloudy? If it's dry it is still soaking it in, keep adding sealer to the dry areas until you see some sheen on top of the wood. If it's cloudy I don't really know.

The nice thing with permalyn and most other polymerized oils is if you add more and rub it in you can disolve some of the layer under and you can wipe off anything sitting on top as well as the disolved stuff from under, might take a few add/rub/wipes but you can get down to the bottom or back to the wood....

I would bet money you are putting it on WAY WAY too heavily. It takes only a couple drops for one entire side of a butt, it should get warm as your rubbing it in, if it's not getting warm fairly quickly as you are rubbing it you are putting way too much on. Some of the guns you see pics of look like they were dipped in finish, if that's the look you want great, just add it in very thin coats so it doesn't look wavy and glopped on, if you do thin coats you can get it a mile deep looking and very smooth. And make sure there is no dust, pet hair etc in the area, the stuff is a magnet for debris that gets in the finish.

No innuendo intended......

 

[HighUintas]

I believe it was just still sucking in sealer. I tried hard but couldn't get a good picture.

It was more dry looking than cloudy, but whiter than it was before putting on the sealer, so that's why I was wondering about it.

I put on a couple more thin coats and it is now building up there like the rest of the stock.