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Re: Can I make my gunstock darker? pete2528ca #212589 01/10/11 03:01 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,008 Gnomon Sidelock
Gnomon Sidelock Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,008	If a stain mutes your grain you have used a pigment, rather than a spirit stain. Pigment stains are really very diluted paint with particulate pigments. Minwax is just such a stain. It will darken but not enhance grain. Most local paint and hardware stores do not carry solvent-based stains - you need to go to a specialty woodworkers store.

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Can I make my gunstock darker?	pete2528ca	01/10/11 01:47 AM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Erik W	01/10/11 02:12 AM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	RHD45	01/10/11 03:27 AM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	TwiceBarrel	01/10/11 04:17 AM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	RHD45	01/10/11 02:26 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Franchi	01/10/11 03:45 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	JayCee	01/10/11 03:50 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	saddlesore	01/10/11 04:37 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Gnomon	01/10/11 07:01 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Ballistix999	01/10/11 07:16 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	saddlesore	01/10/11 09:04 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Geno	01/10/11 11:22 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Gnomon	01/10/11 07:23 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Rockdoc	01/10/11 07:58 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	Small Bore	01/10/11 08:35 PM
Re: Can I make my gunstock darker?	pete2528ca	01/11/11 02:10 AM

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