CrazyIrishman
Member
Hey guys,
I recently acquired another stock for my M14s/M1a in walnut. The other stock is a tiger birch GI stock but it was already redone when I got it. I did add a few more coats of TRU-OIL though. Now I'm gonna try a walnut version but from the beginning.
The walnut stock has already been stripped with Easy-Off in order to get the old finish off. I am now left with a stock that is light medium brown which is close to what i'm looking for ,however, the grain that it has isn't real noticeable. I think it will have some nice figure even though its a GI stock and not a highly figured (expensive)piece of wood. I did a Garand stock some time ago and the grain was everywhere!! I didn't have to do anything special to get the grain to show. It was a nice piece of wood.
I plan to use several coats TRU-OIL for the final finish. I have used TRU-OIL in the past with excellent results. What I need to do NOW is to bring out the existing grain before I go any farther. I wet a couple spots with water in order to see what it might look like with a finish on it. It is way too dark and the grain is difficult to make out.
I was thinking about using wood bleach (oxyalic acid) to lighten the wood and hopefully have the grain where I want it.
Any suggestions or ideas are greatly appreciated!!
Thanks
I recently acquired another stock for my M14s/M1a in walnut. The other stock is a tiger birch GI stock but it was already redone when I got it. I did add a few more coats of TRU-OIL though. Now I'm gonna try a walnut version but from the beginning.
The walnut stock has already been stripped with Easy-Off in order to get the old finish off. I am now left with a stock that is light medium brown which is close to what i'm looking for ,however, the grain that it has isn't real noticeable. I think it will have some nice figure even though its a GI stock and not a highly figured (expensive)piece of wood. I did a Garand stock some time ago and the grain was everywhere!! I didn't have to do anything special to get the grain to show. It was a nice piece of wood.
I plan to use several coats TRU-OIL for the final finish. I have used TRU-OIL in the past with excellent results. What I need to do NOW is to bring out the existing grain before I go any farther. I wet a couple spots with water in order to see what it might look like with a finish on it. It is way too dark and the grain is difficult to make out.
I was thinking about using wood bleach (oxyalic acid) to lighten the wood and hopefully have the grain where I want it.
Any suggestions or ideas are greatly appreciated!!
Thanks