Excellent piece on stock finishing

[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