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Cody---I'm in Upstate NY and got that blood red stain in no problem. Where are you in canada? maybe i could ship you some if you don't have any luck getting it yourself.
Also, on the idea of growing our own alkanet... sounds great. Count me in, too.
I just got back from bizz trip and hope to experiment with the blood red and also the alkanet that has been steeping for another 3 weeks since my last "test". I am going to redo my old remington 870 stock this time.... I want it to look like a fine English stock... No one will ever guess it is just a plane old Remmie 870. Should be fun!
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Yogi, that's a very kind offer. I may just take you up on that. perhaps if you send me an email with name and address I can just order what I want and have it shipped to you and you could forward it and I can send a MO for the postage??
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Guys---
I tried the Behlen stain in Blood Red that was recommended on this thread by someone (i will check who right after I post this).
Wow! It is terrific. It dries very very fast which allowed me to put on about 6 coats in 2 days. It has the deep rich red colour I am after...
Thanks! Great recommendation.
Now I just need to find the right shiny sealer/top coat to look like the old finishes on older Merkels. etc...
But, alas, my deep, rich, RED stain that-looks-like-older-fine-doubles quest appears to be answered! Behlen Blood Red!
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Yogi,
w00t!
(pics?)
And it was Hansli from Texas that tipped us to this good stuff.
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Try Blackley & Son
Telephone 01502 470 047
They will put it in the post - dried and broken up root - comes up very red after 3 months in raw linseed oil.
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Pictures Guys, pictures!!!
JC(AL)
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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Dig,
Three months???? Remember this is an American Forum.They speak a different language which does not include the word patience.They want it NOW.
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Yeti, do you have an address for this stain you refered to ? not the alkanet but the otherone/ Ken
Ken Hurst
910-221-5288
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Yogi How about an address for that Behlan stain ?? Yeti, sorry similar spellingof name and old guys brain F^*t. Ken
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Ken Isn't Yogi a bear and a Yeti a semi-mythical high-altitude upright primate? How could you confuse the two  . Steve
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