So I recently refinished a couple of wood stocks, Ruger mkII and win fwt. I put pachmyer pads on both, sanded everything down to match, sanded the stocks out to 400 and refinished with light coats of BLO. So ten coats later both stocks are showing the same issue.
Where I sanded the recoil pad and spacer to match the stock, the wood isn't absorbing the BLO. I'm thinking that the plastic dust off the spacer plugged the pores of the wood and it's not allowing the finish to match. The rest of the wood has really taken the BLO well and looks really nice. I'll see if I can post some pics.
So I'm looking for wmr advice on my options. I was wondering how to clean the pores of the wood. I'm going to take off the pads and sand back to bare wood first. Then I was thinking of steaming the wood a little and lightly sanding. I really don't know what to do or if my thinking of the problem is accurate.
Thoughts or advice?
