Originally Posted by K22
Looking good.
I've heard there are always dark area's in the wood from the stain even after stripping. What is your opinion on that?

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There’s a few dark spots in this one too but it’s not from the old finish, it’s naturally occurring in the wood, I don’t think it’s really that high grade of walnut but the spots really don’t bother me. If I didn’t do any more to the stock in my opinion it’s way better looking that the factory dark finish. I think you could just put a couple coats of linseed oil and be done with it. There’s no finish in the checkering yet, I’ll thin the finish down and only put one coat at the very end to seal it.

Last edited by Namuh; 02/02/24.