stain and true oil

[pilot24]

Going to refinish a cooey stock this week-end. Can I apply water based stain on it before applying true-oil? The stock is too pale sanded so just wanna make sure i'm not screwing things up....

pilot

 

[Sharptail]

Birchwood-Casey sells a water based walnut stain in a kit with Tru Oil. I used a Minwax water based stain once, to refinish an old Brazilian gun fitted with some unknown wood. It worked very well, and 10 years later the finish is still nice. I suppose that there may be some brands of stain which could react with Tru Oil, but so long as you stick to a quality brand and a water base you should be good to go.

Sharptail

 

[pilot24]

Thanks much appreciated!!

 

[Tozman]

Make sure the stain dries overnight before you apply the Tru-oil.

 

[Sam Steele]

Keep in mind that the hardwood stocks on those Cooeys can be hard to get good, even stain on. I messed around with one for a while and I never did get it to look the way I wanted too.


SS

 

[Rapt]

See the Lee Valley website for Aniline Dyes and application ideas to stain stocks with a water based stain you can apply oils, epoxies, varnishes over.

 

[wobbles99]

Apply wood conditioner to the stock before staining. This will even out the color and prevent spotting.

 

[SharpCdn]

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[pilot24]

What I have is the birchwood stain with true oil....

for your 50/50 mix, what do you use to mix the stain with? I would guess uretane but....


I'll post pics when project finished...


Pilot

 

[SharpCdn]

Just dilute 50/50 with water, as per instructions on the bottle.

You'll be happy with the results.