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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2013, 11:48:45 pm »
Do it.
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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2013, 11:49:38 pm »
bastard

edited to say: ( my wife is going to divorce me )
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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2013, 08:00:24 am »
I would go a little darker with the stain than you want to end up with JW. All stains tend to lighten with exposure to the sun, and the alcohol based ones seem to lighten the most. .36, Nice!!!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2013, 10:28:38 am »
I would go really dark on your stain, the cracks will be much less visible if you do.

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2013, 10:40:10 am »
Looking SWEET JW.


I am excited to have gotten a new smoothie this summer...  http://frenchinwisconsin.com/2013/07/a-nw-gun/
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2013, 10:13:11 pm »
Nice smoothie, Isaac.  I run into those makers at the Fort Union event in North Dakota every once in a while.  Nice bunch of guys, mostly.  Love those butt ugly mule-saddle stirrups they use for trigger guards on those NW Tradeguns. 

I'll heed the advice and lay up more stain tonite before I go to bed. I DO like a darker finish.

Sleek, embrace the freedom and get a flintlock.   >:D  Make an ugly face at her, stick your tongue out and tell her, "You're not the boss of me!"  Establish your overwhelming pre-eminence.  Now.  You ain't gonna see her for about three days.  Don't worry, she isn't gone.  Just be patient.  And around the end of day three, as the swelling begins to go down you should see her out of the corner of one eye, depending on which side of the head she whalloped you.
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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2013, 07:12:33 pm »
Two more coats of stain and it really looks great.  The third coat went on a little heavy because I spilled stain on the stock and mopped it around with a small rag!  LOL.  Dark enough is not my problem anymore!
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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2013, 12:27:15 am »
Niiiiiiice!  ;D
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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #23 on: September 16, 2013, 12:34:19 am »
Final pic's?

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #24 on: September 16, 2013, 09:35:57 pm »
No if's, and's, or butt's...



So I might as well shot it all, Lock, Stock, and Barrel!



This part of the stock shows some of the finest curly maple there is, even if the butt area is kinda plain.

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #25 on: September 16, 2013, 09:36:46 pm »
Now I need to take it all apart again and put the next 14 coats of TruOil on her!!
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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #26 on: September 16, 2013, 11:02:35 pm »
You ever feel like trading, you got my number...  :o ;)

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #27 on: September 16, 2013, 11:08:36 pm »
Lookin good, J Dub.  I like it!  (Ramrod needs some stain though, ;D)  Nice work!  Bet she shoots too.

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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #28 on: September 16, 2013, 11:10:49 pm »
Shiney brass make for a lifted scalp >:D  Looks good
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Re: I don't have ADH...OOOH! SHINEY! And now the stock is stained!
« Reply #29 on: September 16, 2013, 11:14:31 pm »
Lookin good, J Dub.  I like it!  (Ramrod needs some stain though, ;D)  Nice work!  Bet she shoots too.

That ramrod spent 12 months submerged in boiled linseed oil.  I doubt you could stain it with anything at this stage.  I do have some hickory splits that I am going to eventually dowel for making new ramrods.  I imagine I could stain to match, even though the stock is maple and the ramrods are hickory.
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