Minwax tung oil and wood stain help

[jogar80]

Ok, so I'm refinishing an Encore rifle stock. I did the forfend first, which was a much lighter wood than the buttstock. I stained it with dark walnut stain as dark as I could then applied several coats of minwax tung oil. I'm happy with the way it looks. Next I stripped down the buttstock and then applied the same stain followed by the first coat of tung oil. The butt ended up much darker and I'm thinking it would match the forend better if I had just used the tung oil with no stain. How do I remove the tung oil and stain? Can I use the same minwax stripper I used the first time around? Will it strip the minwax tungoil?

 

[dj_28]

Yeah it should remove it fine. When you get it striped do a small test area first to see if it will be dark enough if not you may have to get a lighter stain. It's hard to match the color of a forearm and buttstock if they are not the same wood.
You can do it but it may take a couple of trys to get it just right.

DJ

 

[jogar80]

Cool, thanks for the response!

 

[jason41987]

heres an idea.. if the woods lighter, take a blow-torch to it first... quick strokes with a blow torch will brown and darken the wood to expose and enhance the grains as well as make it darker... could help you to match the appearance... you can also add more stain to the lighter areas.. also, you can lightly sand the darker stain until you get the shade you want, then clear coat over that... t

one of those methods should work to even out the color of the wood