Ruger 10/22 stock build a long
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,329
Make 100% sure you don't let your post die. I'm really looking forward to seeing the next step of your project.
I do have one question for you. Does the size of the current stock work for you? If not do you need to cut it or lengthen it? Now might be the time to do that.
Tom
I do have one question for you. Does the size of the current stock work for you? If not do you need to cut it or lengthen it? Now might be the time to do that.
Tom
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,320
Just curious but I have to ask. Why would you want to use a "dye" as opposed to a stain, oil finish or polyurethane. Ritz dye is generally sold as a cloth or material dye and IMO would produce results similar to ink. Before you hit the stock with a whole bunch of that I'd suggest trying it on something for a test.
Also since wood almost always darkens when you add any kind of liquid start with something lighter than you think you might want. You can always make wood darker but it is very difficult to make it lighter. If you start too dark you may end up with something nearly black.
Also since wood almost always darkens when you add any kind of liquid start with something lighter than you think you might want. You can always make wood darker but it is very difficult to make it lighter. If you start too dark you may end up with something nearly black.
#23
Here`s mine......A walnut Boyd`s Blaster stock I got on sale. All the innards have been swapped out. Clerk 16.5" heavy bbl. Nice 3lb trigger pull now. Just shopping for a scope and sunshade now plus a few more coats of finish and she`s finished.
Ron
Ron
#24
Just curious but I have to ask. Why would you want to use a "dye" as opposed to a stain, oil finish or polyurethane. Ritz dye is generally sold as a cloth or material dye and IMO would produce results similar to ink. Before you hit the stock with a whole bunch of that I'd suggest trying it on something for a test.
Also since wood almost always darkens when you add any kind of liquid start with something lighter than you think you might want. You can always make wood darker but it is very difficult to make it lighter. If you start too dark you may end up with something nearly black.
Also since wood almost always darkens when you add any kind of liquid start with something lighter than you think you might want. You can always make wood darker but it is very difficult to make it lighter. If you start too dark you may end up with something nearly black.
#25
Day 5 pics
Here are a couple of pics that I just took after the first coat of danish oil was applied. Between coats of oil I'll be rubbing the stock with 0000 steel wool. Since the oil soaks in it locks in the dye that penetrates the deepest, the steel wool will help to even out the color of the finish since the oil is in the wood versus coating the wood like poly does.
#27
Plans have evolved as I work on this project. The two tone color that I was hoping for sounds good in theory but it really isn't attainable. Everyone on here convinced me to scrap the black look because of the nice grain that this stock has. Since I took these pics an hour or so ago, I hand rubbed the stock with steel wool and applied another layer of oil. The steel wool is making the light lines lighter for a more pronounced grain. The other problem that I encountered with the dye is in places like the front and back sides of the pistol grip. With a wood like walnut its all just wood and finishes evenly, since the stock is made from birch the dye treats these areas like an end grain and they dye penetrates deeper, which gives it a darker color. The steel wool removes some of the dye which smoothes out the color and adds character. Overall I'm happy with the way it's turning out. The pictures that I posted don't do it justice, it's pretty neat looking while it's still wet and it's out in the sunlight. Only about twenty more coats of oil to go.
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,320
Learn something new everyday. I was curious and I get it now.
I just finished a gun stock for a friend done entirely in Linspeed oil. Following thorough instructions it turned out very nice as a highly figured walnut stock.
I just finished a gun stock for a friend done entirely in Linspeed oil. Following thorough instructions it turned out very nice as a highly figured walnut stock.
#29
It's Finished
It took quite a while to finish since only one coat a day is all that you can do. It's so humid here that I had to do the finish work inside. I didn't like how the Danish oil was turning out, so I switched to Formsby's low gloss tung oil finish. It's still pretty shiny so I can't imagine what the high gloss looks like.