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Offline BKS

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 I am going to buy my lil one a youth handi rifle of his own, so he doesnt have to use brother and sisters. haha.

 Anyway, he is crazy about blue and I was wondering if anyone had used the blue stains on a palletwood stock.......

 Guess I should send an email to Gunstock inc about a blue laminate monte carlo youth stock too... 

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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 03:17:48 PM »
It will work fine .You have to get all the old finish off the stock to look it's best. Paste stripper Like stripeze works good .Follow the info on the stripper can. Good luck,   26-t

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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2009, 03:39:10 PM »
I don't remember seeing a blue stock, but I know Shaner stained a pallet wood stock green, Stimpy painted a stock blue tho.

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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 03:48:24 PM »
It will work fine .You have to get all the old finish off the stock to look it's best. Paste stripper Like stripeze works good .Follow the info on the stripper can. Good luck,   26-t

What 26-t said.
Just rub it down after it dries from stripping, with a white scrubbie to settle the grain.

FWIW, I don't like Minwax...period. I also don't know any professionals that use it.
My favorite is Fiebings Leather Dye. It doesn't have any varnish in it and gets in the wood, not on it. Then the finish of your choice.

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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 03:54:57 PM »
You can't go wrong this gunstock inc.!!! I seen a stock a guy did using food coloring and it didn't turn out too bad!!!! :)

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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 04:50:08 PM »

 You do it them post pictures, and tell us how you did. Stimpy painted a bunch of his differant colors, I have seen some of his didn't look bad
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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2009, 05:05:41 PM »
Painting? I posted some photo's a few day's ago of our Handi paint jobs under( His and Hers Handi's).  Give it a look when you can. 26-t

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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2009, 05:13:27 PM »
That Minwax takes a little time to dry, it really is a great outdoor weather protectant, I've used it on alot of my camp gear,
easy ta use.
             Min-wax,,,
kinda like Min-nesota, hmm, I wonder were that stuff came from  ;D

Ya , those are some nice paint job's 26-t
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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2009, 05:32:06 PM »
You should get better results if you use a wood dye rather than a stain.

Look at some of the good woodworkers sites and you'll find some choices.

Pictures!  We want to see pics when you're done.

Good luck,

Mike
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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2009, 12:48:54 AM »
I did a 10/22 stock with green Rit dye & alcohol. Finished it off with a few coats of Formby's then polyurethane. It turned out pretty well. If you go to rimfirecentral.com & look in the 10/22 stocks forum, those guys do alot of odd things.

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Re: Anybody ever stained a pallet wood stock with the "Blue" Minwax Stain??
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2009, 08:27:35 AM »
Painting? I posted some photo's a few day's ago of our Handi paint jobs under( His and Hers Handi's).  Give it a look when you can. 26-t


 just a side note. that green one would probably pass for camo in Nebraska! kinda cool!