Quote Originally Posted by bighit View Post
John. Did you stain the beech stock first before using the tru-oil?

I did the beech stock on my annie .22lr and it came out a pale colour https://www.dropbox.com/s/weqvktpw15...00658.jpg?dl=0

Im planning to strip the tru-oil off and possibly stain it first or get pre tinted oil finish and o it again. i have a Hw99 to do also.

This HW80k was done for me by a friend and i'm sure it was done with bri-wax and nothing else . Its my nephews rifle and i have not seen it since 2010 or so ,so i'm not sure what it looks like now.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fqxq8d4wd1...21115.jpg?dl=0

Paul

Hi Paul, Did you meant the Original 45 stock? If so, Willies kit came with water based walnut stain, A single coat will darken the wood slightly but the more coats equals a darker finish, I think I gave that stock a couple of coats, I refinished two sets of shotgun stocks far two workmates, One wanted a very dark colour, It came out almost black, My other mat saw it and he wanted the same!!

By the way, It was Tung based oil I used, I've not used Truoil

Both Shotties were Investarm, This one came out very dark!, It only had four or five rubs of oil..



This one for some reason didn't come out as dark!



I think they would have looked a bit better with a few more rubs of oil..


John