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Wallabing · April 19, 2011, 07:46 PM

Hey everyone, heres an update agian.

I was fortunate enough to meet a now good friend with woodworking skills, and I've told him about the blotching when applying a stain.

So what he did was take my stock to his workshop and stripped the tru oil I've already applied. He then told me he bleached the entire stock. I've then looked on numerous forums for a red stain, and I've found one. It involes RIT clothing dye from walmart and Iso alcohol.

70% Rit Scarlet
5% Rit Sunshine orange (Just a dash)
25% Isopropyl 90% alcohol

The solution was very red, and one coat of it was already enough. I've then applied 10 coats tru oil with 0000 steel wool between.

Finished result. I think I was able to fix my mistake.

April 19, 2011, 07:46 PM	#21
Wallabing Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2009 Posts: 113	Hey everyone, heres an update agian. I was fortunate enough to meet a now good friend with woodworking skills, and I've told him about the blotching when applying a stain. So what he did was take my stock to his workshop and stripped the tru oil I've already applied. He then told me he bleached the entire stock. I've then looked on numerous forums for a red stain, and I've found one. It involes RIT clothing dye from walmart and Iso alcohol. 70% Rit Scarlet 5% Rit Sunshine orange (Just a dash) 25% Isopropyl 90% alcohol The solution was very red, and one coat of it was already enough. I've then applied 10 coats tru oil with 0000 steel wool between. Finished result. I think I was able to fix my mistake.