Dunkield Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) Can anyone share with me their experiences of staining dense wood? I can stain pine and any light open grian wood (the easy stuff they always use as an example in the adverts) but I cannot get stain to change the colour of densely grained wood reliably. So far I have tried spirt based and water based dyes both made by Rustins, who are supposed to be a good make, but they just don't penetrate the wood deep enough Edited April 28, 2006 by stuartp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe312 Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 either warm up the solution first, or rap if possible with a cloth soaking in the stain and leave over night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Try wiping the wood with either white spirit (for spirit based) or water first. This will have a tendancy to open the grain and allow the stain to penetrate. Do not sand the wood with to fine a paper, 240G max Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Thanks both, I will give that try later. I have stripped yet another stock/fore-end of varnish and oiled it, but as before the stock has come out fine (considering what is made from) and the fore-end has come out very light. I will get some pictures up when I get a chance to show you what I mean. I had a picture, so here you can see the stock has potential but the fore-end needs darkening to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) This is the 'before' the varnish was in fact coloured to give the appearance of darker wood, but it had bloomed where the gun got damp at some stage in it's life. Edited April 28, 2006 by stuartp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted May 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 For anyone reading this having the same problem as me (well one of them anyway ) let the record show that roughing it up and then opening the grain with white spirit did the trick. It even allowed to apply a second application of dye to take it back that bit further - thanks Martin Gun looks like a best english now - well, almost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davej Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 (edited) Doe's look much better not so false might try this on one of mine.good pics Edited May 1, 2006 by Davej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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