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Mesquite
I have a fairly blonde piece of mesquite here, just wondered if any of you gents had any ideas for staining or finishing it ? It would be nice to have it show grain and be a little bit darker.
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I use Danish Oil. It comes in colors from light oak to black. Experiment a bit.
Chuck __________________ http://www.woodchuckforge.com Avatar, Scott Taylor Memorial Scholarship Knife Photo by Bob Glassman Chuck Richards ABS J.S. |
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send it to ken McFall at K&G and let him stabilize it for you,,,
the polomers will darken it a little and the figure should "pop" |
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You need to bounce this one off Robert Hensarling - aka rhrocker. He does more with mesquite than all the rest of the KNet members combined.
__________________ God bless Texas! Now let's secede!! Last edited by TexasJack; 12-01-2007 at 12:30 AM. Reason: Can you believe I spelled mesquite wrong?? |
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You could just get some wood stain at the hardware store.
If you have any ferric chloride laying around, it will stain it,... but be sure to neutralize it afterwards. Another thing that works is rubbing it with sweaty hands, and give it some time to patina before you oil it. You can also try some nose oil. |
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fOXJAW, I assume that you're referring to the reddish heartwood, and not the sapwood (usually a very yellow band around the outter part of the heartwood, and just inside the bark). Woodchuck is right, try using Watch Danish Oil (Ace). I'd go with natural and see how you like it. The oil will penetrate into the wood and darken it quite a bit (I use it on most of my knife handles). Another really good oil is Tru-Oil, a Birchwood-Casey product. It's drawback is the long drying time.
As far as stabilizing it, I don't reccomend it. I sent about 50 blocks off to be stabilized. The polomer that is used darkens the wood way to much for my taste. My color didn't "pop". There are several companies offering stabilization, you might send a block off to each and see what you get. If you want the reddish color that's on the handle in my avatar, then just make sure the wood is dry, and sand down to 320, then apply the Watco. I usually put 2 coats a day, in the morning and evening, for 2 - 3 days. Then buff, and wax with any good paste wax. A floor wax is fine. BTW, if Mesquite is exposed to the sun for several weeks, or longer, it seems to lose it's reddish tint and fade back to the yellow you mentioned. It's easily rejuvenated with oil, regaining much of it's lost color. |
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Thanks to all. Theres more to mesquite than meets the eye !
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I forgot to mention "ear wax"!
Last edited by Tai Google; 12-03-2007 at 04:27 PM. |
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Aaaaaaghh thats sick !
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Don't knock it! It could be a great selling point!
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Hey Foxy, did I ever tell you about the traditional "piss patina" for bronze? It's totally natural! I believe it's quite rare these days.
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Speaking of ear wax, side of the nose grease and behind the ear grease have always been a standard lubricant for fishing rod ferrules., or good for fogging up a buddies glasses while they're sleeping in camp. The side of nose grease is also great for that door latch that just goes bang but doesn't slide in and latch. Just a quick finger rub, apply to striking area of latch and vwala! the door shuts better. Good to follow up with a lube spray later to the sides of latch. Never did figure out what toe jamb is good for tho. But navel lint is great for catching a spark when primitive fire starting, it's always dry. Just gettin back to the basics folks.
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Now those were the good ol' days. |
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They don't have to end bro!
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