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<blockquote data-quote="Neanderthal" data-source="post: 2936010" data-attributes="member: 3746"><p>Hey Al! I've tried a lot of different methods: pine tar & shellac, RIT dye, and a myriad of other stains. What I've found the easiest is to simply use food coloring for the stain. I use mostly red with a few drops of yellow food coloring. I dilute it in alcohol so it dries fast, and then add a little bit of white vinegar (my wife's idea) in order to make the colors more vibrant. If there is some wood grain that you really want to bring out, then I typically will put some light stain (minwax Early American works great) before I put the other stain on. Then I put a few coats of poly on, sand it down smooth and apply a few more coats of poly. Here's what it winds up looking like. This is a Bulgarian handguard set, I put a dowel in the hole at the front and sanded it down before staining. [ATTACH=full]63444[/ATTACH]</p><p> [ATTACH=full]63445[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neanderthal, post: 2936010, member: 3746"] Hey Al! I've tried a lot of different methods: pine tar & shellac, RIT dye, and a myriad of other stains. What I've found the easiest is to simply use food coloring for the stain. I use mostly red with a few drops of yellow food coloring. I dilute it in alcohol so it dries fast, and then add a little bit of white vinegar (my wife's idea) in order to make the colors more vibrant. If there is some wood grain that you really want to bring out, then I typically will put some light stain (minwax Early American works great) before I put the other stain on. Then I put a few coats of poly on, sand it down smooth and apply a few more coats of poly. Here's what it winds up looking like. This is a Bulgarian handguard set, I put a dowel in the hole at the front and sanded it down before staining. [ATTACH=full]63444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63445[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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