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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 1646059" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>Those both look very nice. Why is the birch so red? That come from the wood? That red would be good by me, but what I got was <span style="color: #FF8C00">ORANGE</span>. Yuck... </p><p></p><p>Yes this stock has some blotchyness going on with the original stain that was applied which is another reason I'm leaning on just oil. I think I'm going to have to bleach it to get rid of it all.</p><p></p><p>If you look at the plywood in the 2nd pic, the far left strip is actually Formby's Traditional Tung Oil Finish in the low gloss version. I'm seriously wondering if has ANY tung oil in it. It's mostly just a varnish, it builds up a film and it's entirely too shiny. Not "tung oil like" at all. The pic that I labeled is real tung oil. Got it from Real Milk Paint Company. I looked all over the city and all I could find were the various ones like Minwax, Formby's etc. <img src="/images/smilies/image057.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nolike:" title="Image057 :nolike:" data-shortname=":nolike:" /> True tung oil doesn't have much shine at all and you have to really leave a heavy coat and lots of them to get any build up. It works very much like BLO and protects from moisture a good bit better. That's the main reason I want to go with it. I probably will finish it with the Tom's mix, that's good stuff.</p><p></p><p>The brown you mention is actually Watco Danish Oil for the most part. It's made from BLO, stain and a bunch of mineral spirits to get it to penetrate. I added a tung oil based stain and cut it with mineral spirits to tint it a bit off of brown. A touch of red makes a richer more authentic looking color. It didn't really come out in the pic. If I stain that's what it will be followed with tung. Some stained birch stocks that I've seen are actually pretty cool looking. The blotches give a tiger stripe look sometimes. But I'd never get that lucky....</p><p></p><p>Edit: On second thought I might just go look for some Fiebing's to play with. Does Hobby Lobby have it or do I have to find a leather shop?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 1646059, member: 3099"] Those both look very nice. Why is the birch so red? That come from the wood? That red would be good by me, but what I got was [COLOR="#FF8C00"]ORANGE[/COLOR]. Yuck... Yes this stock has some blotchyness going on with the original stain that was applied which is another reason I'm leaning on just oil. I think I'm going to have to bleach it to get rid of it all. If you look at the plywood in the 2nd pic, the far left strip is actually Formby's Traditional Tung Oil Finish in the low gloss version. I'm seriously wondering if has ANY tung oil in it. It's mostly just a varnish, it builds up a film and it's entirely too shiny. Not "tung oil like" at all. The pic that I labeled is real tung oil. Got it from Real Milk Paint Company. I looked all over the city and all I could find were the various ones like Minwax, Formby's etc. :nolike: True tung oil doesn't have much shine at all and you have to really leave a heavy coat and lots of them to get any build up. It works very much like BLO and protects from moisture a good bit better. That's the main reason I want to go with it. I probably will finish it with the Tom's mix, that's good stuff. The brown you mention is actually Watco Danish Oil for the most part. It's made from BLO, stain and a bunch of mineral spirits to get it to penetrate. I added a tung oil based stain and cut it with mineral spirits to tint it a bit off of brown. A touch of red makes a richer more authentic looking color. It didn't really come out in the pic. If I stain that's what it will be followed with tung. Some stained birch stocks that I've seen are actually pretty cool looking. The blotches give a tiger stripe look sometimes. But I'd never get that lucky.... Edit: On second thought I might just go look for some Fiebing's to play with. Does Hobby Lobby have it or do I have to find a leather shop? [/QUOTE]
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