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Re: Maple Stock Finish sbrmike #17749586 10/30/22
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 368 Likes: 1 Polkville, NC B Bobcat85 Campfire Member
Bobcat85 Campfire Member B Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 368 Likes: 1 Polkville, NC	Originally Posted by sbrmike A blow torch works like that on Pine. Try it on a scrap piece of Maple. We used to do that on plywood all the time; really makes a sharp contrast. You really need to try this as it brings out the stripes!! Go slow and easy. I made a Hawken stock out of bird's eye maple and stained it 60/40 Mahogany/Dark Walnut after the torch. Very nice results. Last edited by Bobcat85; 10/30/22.

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Re: Maple Stock Finish pullit #17751998 10/31/22
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11,333 Middle/West Tennessee P pullit OP Campfire Outfitter
OP pullit Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11,333 Middle/West Tennessee	may try it on a scrap piece of maple just to see. I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....

Re: Maple Stock Finish pullit #17753133 10/31/22
Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 869 Florida Nature Coast P Plumdog Campfire Regular
Plumdog Campfire Regular P Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 869 Florida Nature Coast	Here is a quilted maple example with nothing more than rattle-can polyurathane. Attached Images IMG_1955 (70x94).jpg (2.77 KB, 111 downloads)

Re: Maple Stock Finish sbrmike #17769150 11/05/22
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 1,557 Likes: 1 Northern Illinois 0 06hunter59 Campfire Regular
06hunter59 Campfire Regular 0 Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 1,557 Likes: 1 Northern Illinois	Originally Posted by sbrmike A blow torch works like that on Pine. Try it on a scrap piece of Maple. We used to do that on plywood all the time; really makes a sharp contrast. My Dad mad a Maple mannlicher stock for his Remington 721 30-06 when I was little.(about 1963-64) He didn't like the light blond color and took an old fashioned gas blow torch to it. Looks awsome and it's still killing critters!

Re: Maple Stock Finish pullit #18043726 01/22/23
Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 338 I Imissedm Campfire Member
Imissedm Campfire Member I Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 338	Have any of you heard of Hal Hartley he was a master stock maker. He specialized in Curley maple and he did the blow torch method and his stocks were beautiful

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