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OK, now it's time to fill the pours and things are gonna get ugly for a few days. In the end I think you'll like the results though.

When you fill the pours you can hide them if you want or you can accentuate them. For this project I want the latter. This stock has no figure and the black pours will give it a little character . The way I'm going achieve this is with two products from Miles Gillbert, Rotten stone and Bone Black. I'm going to mix these with a little Watco Teak Oil and make a "mudd slurry."



You mix these about 8 parts rotten stone to 1 part bone black.


I use an old Lee powder measure for this.


The measurement doesn't need to be exact but the rotten stone fills and the bone black is just for color. You want the mix to be mostly rotten stone. I use a cut Dixie cup for this.


After you get the ratio right or close to it (this ain't rocket science ) then you mix in the Teak Oil. You want a paste like consistency to it. Too runny and it won't fill the pours very well, too clumpy and it's hard to work with. Be careful, it goes from too clumby to too runny in the blink of an eye. You can always add more powder though to fine tune it.

After you get your slurry mixed up, then get an old T shirt and cut a few small squares out of it. Use the squares for the applicator. Wrap it around you fingure and apply the mud to the stock.



It's best to go in small circular motions. The idea is to work the mud into the pours.



After you get a section done it's time to wipe the excess off the stock. When ever possible wipe across the grain. and don't wipe too hard. You don't want to pull any out of the pours.

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Keep going a section at a time until finished. Be careful around the checkering and any place thats going to be hard to sand this stuff out of. If/when you do get some in the checkering it's no big deal. Just get an old toothbrush and put a little paint thinner on it and brush it out.

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This what it'll look like after the 1st coat. Pretty ugly eh? Don't worry, it's going to get worse before it get's better
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I'm guessing on this stock it's going to take 4 coats to fill the pours. What I'll probably do is put one more coat on today and will that dry completely. After that there will be too much build up on the stock and it'll need a quick wet sanding before I do the last 2 coats.