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Basic is - as basic does. Seeking something wayyy short of a full rework Rusty75 let me experiment with his stock. Nothing much seemed to have any effect on lightening, redistributing, removing or otherwise beautifying the dark blotchyness as seen in the before pics. Stock was stripped already and I'm guessing someone had applied a dark stain? Well, after a few dead-ends, I eventually gave up on lightening it and went to dying it, here and there, by - wait for it - wiping on burnt umber airbrush paint! Then after several layers of Tru-Oil, some buffing and wax he says it's good enough - so it's good enough. Rusty75 was great to work with and I learned a couple handfulls of things along the way. We wanted to followup with appreciation for the inputs on this thread and show it off at roughly two three feet.