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Stain or No Stain?
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Stain or No Stain?
Don't stain - finish as is
9 (56.3%)
Stain 10% solution of walnut
3 (18.8%)
Stain 50% solution of walnut
4 (25%)
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Re: Stain or No Stain?
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April 12, 2020, 01:50:30 PM »
No stain is the way to go. Looks beautiful. If you have any walnut scraps you could test your 4 coats on then hit it with a buffing wheel to see if you like that. It will make it shine and the oil will dull where the grip is over time which looks fantastic. A used, well-loved beauty and not just a safe queen.
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April 15, 2020, 10:36:24 AM »
Attached is updated photo. The sun and shadows are causing some areas to look brighter vs darker. When I post the final photo will wait for afternoon sun. This is 7 coats of Tru Oil. I wet sanded on coat #2 and #6 to fill pores. Very happy with the outcome.
Will wait 7 days to apply the sheen/conditioner. Then later will apply a stock wax.
Will post up a final shot assembled with the Duracoated barrel/action in a week or two. A buddy will drop off his Rem788 and Eddystone 1917 next week so will start doing the same stock refinishing and Duracoating barrel/action work on those soon.
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April 15, 2020, 11:23:35 AM »
Quick test with barreled action.
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April 15, 2020, 12:23:58 PM »
Looking great, might want to checker it too. Find a design you like and copy it. Dem-Bart in snohomish has what ever you need
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May 07, 2020, 10:43:53 AM »
Still need to finish assembly of bottom metal, but attached is final photo in the sun of the Rem788 in 222. Glad I didn't do stain on this one, as it had a nicer walnut wood stock than I was expecting. And Duracoat turned out nice.
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May 07, 2020, 10:56:36 AM »
By contrast, this other Rem 788 that I just finished up had a lower quality wood stock (wasn't walnut) and some other issues with it so that one I stained with the Birchwood Casey walnut stain. Significant difference. Attached. Definitely like the "no stain" look better if it's a decent quality walnut stock. Which this one unfortunately wasn't.
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May 07, 2020, 10:58:09 AM »
And the Eddystone 1917 that I just finished as well turned out nice, as I was able to keep that one "no stain" and just do straight Tru Oil on.
These last two need to cure the Duracoat more before I can do final assembly on those.
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May 10, 2020, 06:32:11 AM »
Wow, they look great! Just as if they were manufactured this year. Great work!
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