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yea, people,

am trying to refinish a stock, dont know what kind of tree it came from, but
after doing some, actually a lot of sanding, the result is coming out blotchy, like i need to sand a whole lot more. it's already smooth, just cant be rid of the factory stain. think dalmation dog. remember some here used household clorox. tried some minwax stain and still blotchy. need to go to extremes i guess.

do i just spary it on ?? then what do i do as the next step ?? will it take out the old factory stain ?? want bare, "white" wood if possible, so the stain, dye will take evenly..

thanks all for any tips, hints.

 

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recumbent,

did you do any sanding on the factory finish ?? looks like romanian and russian stain come from the same place. may be the type of wood. thanks for the tips. will try again tomorrow. need to get the min-wax stain off.

 

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markd,

anyone, have sanded all the "finish" off and tried to stain to cover the blotches up. no go. so now i guess i wait till the min wax stain is dried before i use the bleach or do i have to sand the min-wax off which is already impregnated into the wood.

thanks again.

 

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markd, no, not against trying to save some work using a stripper.

what kind of stripper should i get, never used a stripper before, well actually she wanted too much, lol. dont wanna make a month's project out of this boo-boo i did. wanna shoot this new gun as soon as the weather lets up. in the meantime................

 

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yea, guys, am just trying to get rid of some stain that i just put on. there was actually no "finish" on the stock, so may not need a stripper. just want to "whiten" the wood over-all so the stain, dye will take evenly.

thanks again all

 

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yea, gitar,

wanna stain it kinda a blonde color. have "golden oak" min wax and did a stock with that color and came out nice, but that factory wood was real "white" after sanding. this stock is confusing me, so may have to bleach it out before staining. will wait for the min wax i already applied to dry and give it another go-round tomorrow. wanna finish it so i can shoot it; new gun, lol.

thanks again.

 

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hi boys and girls, thanks for all the hints and tips. figured out why the stock was coming out "blotchy" as i was hand sanding. the wood had some valleys, low spots. not flat. took my palm sander and went at it. its okay now. went to bare white wood. used one coat of minwax "red oak" for a "base" and 3 coats of "golden oak" for a top coat, gave some highlites to this bland piece of russian wood. looks pretty good. in a day or two will clear coat with some poly acrylic gloss and will be done and can go shoot this new gun.

thanks again all. btw printed out some of the hints here for future reference.

 

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yes, i will post pics, but not sure where to do that. maybe here, but may get moved as it is a russian gun, but am talking about a stock, so admin may let it pass. lol.
need to poly a coupla more coats.