Excellent piece on stock finishing

[tanglewood]

i tried water washable felt tips then streaked the felt tip mark/like tiger stripes then smeared them,with a damp sponge , as most trial and error stunts test on planed waste wood first,it did look good though

Joekid

That's the sort of thing I think needs to be done to beech if you want it to look impressive. I tried refininshing a couple of BSAs and a Webley and simply couldn't get the colour right. Did you seal the finish once you figured it?

Johnbaz

Wow, that's one mighty well grained piece of beech you've got there. Beautiful.

[se7enup]

Beech seems to respond well to William's kits.

I've just finished profiling and refinishing the stock(s) from an S200.
I took photos at every step of the process.
Photos are here

[Airbrush]

Beech seems to respond well to William's kits.

I've just finished profiling and refinishing the stock(s) from an S200.
I took photos at every step of the process.
Photos are here

Looking good Steve.

Andy.

[se7enup]

I just painted on Domestos and left it for 20 minutes.
When the stock goes white, rinse it off, dry it and then stain till your get the colour you want

[jackf1]

i like that gun

[copperjacket]

This 3 part article seems to be very comprehensive from initial strip through to final finishing: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=1...shing___Part_I

[Home Guard]

Just tried the tea staining idea on my meteor stock. its a crap beech one, but now it looks quite ok. i just left the teabags in hot water for a while (this should help open up the pores in the wood) about 15 mins, and then rubbed them in. It gives the wood a lovely golden brown colour.

I will be doing the same on all my stocks now.

[copperjacket]

Just tried the tea staining idea on my meteor stock. its a crap beech one, but now it looks quite ok. i just left the teabags in hot water for a while (this should help open up the pores in the wood) about 15 mins, and then rubbed them in. It gives the wood a lovely golden brown colour.

I will be doing the same on all my stocks now.

PG Tips or Earl Grey?

[mick1]

I tried this link today and the web page(s) appear to have been shut down. I'm still interested in the topic though.
Mick

[Home Guard]

Yeah, has been dead for about a year.

[Home Guard]

Just tried Black shoe polish tonight. 1 coat rubbed in well gives a nice stained colour, but also a water resistant finish (?) I tried this again, but found i couldnt get it any darker. So i heated the wood up first with a model aircraft heatgun and then rubbed the polish into the stock genourousely. This melted the polish to a thin enough texture so it seaped into the beech. Now i have a much darker stain.

I will try this aing tommorrow night with brown and grey on a different part of the stock.

Bearing in mind this gives a water resistant finish, will i still be able to finish it off with a oil coating?

ATVB Jacob

[nat1]

Bearing in mind this gives a water resistant finish, will i still be able to finish it off with a oil coating?

ATVB Jacob

In answer to the above, once waxed, i very much doubt it!
Unless you use a wax remover first,which defeats your experiment .
Atb, Woody.

[watt]

Hello quick question is it possible the link from the first post no longer works ?
thanks in advance

[andybeeman]

thats fantastic,nice job.

[trevor]

useful information thanks!