vinegar stain

[A.Merrill]

    Dose anybody have pic's of vinegar stained gun stocks? How many coats would it take? And dose it fade over time? Will it take any finish or what is the best one?  Al

[A.Merrill]

    PS What is the best way to make it? how long dose it take before it is ready?    Thanks Al

[BILL OKLAHOMA CITY]

try this. very interesting.
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=1354.0

[A.Merrill]

nhgf

[Tom Currie]

Long John Cholin's Journey rifle recently posted is stained with his home brew vinegar and iron stain. Have a look.

[b bogart]

Here is my first gun from the blank. Vinegar stain. More brown than I wanted but not too bad overall!

[A.Merrill]

    BILL, thanks that tells me everything I need to know. I'm going to start a batch soon.    Bruce thanks for the pic. Gun looks great, good color.   I like the way you can change the color by adding vinegar or iron.

[Bill of the 45th]

Just a bit of info.  The batch you make will not show the color you get, it will be an ugly slurry, and when you first apply it, and let it dry, it will turn the stock an ugly grey green when it dries.  You will then need to apply heat to cause it to change to the color.  In short it's not as simple as brewing, and applying, and the fun is seeing the color that you get in the end.

Bill

[b bogart]

This is what mine looked like with just stain, and a little dryibng from a hair blowdryer. Didn't get the stock very warm just helped evaporate the vinegar


Yes those are worm holes! The stockwood was cheap because of them, I don't mind them too much. draw s the eye away from the mistakes

[b bogart]

This one shows better contrast

[A.Merrill]

    Bruce,     OOOH YA  great color.   Great curl, with open areas, just what I like, what grade is it and where from?   Al

[b bogart]

Mr Merrill I have no idea what grade this stick is. I bought it years ago at Friendship. It was an orphan, it had numerous worm holes and was bought at a budget price. It was a good one to learn with! My first and it turned out OK. Lots room for improvement, but .....
As you can tell the oil finish darkens it somewhat. I am OK with the final result. Probably will try it again to see if it gives consistent results.

[A.Merrill]

    Bruce,        Thanks for taking the time to post the pic. I would like to fined some budget stocks and make some poorboy rifles.     Al