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