I decided to try out some different combos on a Quaker stock I have . It’s black walnut and wanted to add some yellow and see how it would affect the purple hues in the stock . My fist attempt was way too yellow although with finish applied it might have looked ok. So I sanded it completely back and diluted my analine dye back using 2 parts water to 1 part original dye mixture. That looked ok, much more subtle and seemed to bring out the grain a bit. So then I knocked it back a touch with 320 since the water based dye raises the grain and applied truoil on top and French red on bottom/toe side with a strip of no finish in between. Tomorrow I’ll add lightly knock back the whole thing and add a coat of truoil. Hopefully I might add a coat on the other side of the stock that has no dye for comparison. I’m thinking I might need more dye on the next try. Anyways here’s some pictures. Top is unfinished, next was first aborted attempt, next is toned down by 2/3’s, last is 2/3’s with truoil on top French red stain/filler. Tomorrow’s pictures with show more of what the finished product will look like.
