IUHoosier429
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Spending this Hoth-like weekend indoors, staining and sealing some Yugo handguards, For this particular set, I took the following approach:
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- Since the wood didn't need much pre-work, I gave it a light sanding with 100-grit paper and then wiped down with tack cloth.
- Diluted a mixture of scarlet Rit liquid dye/alcohol to darken the wood just a bit before staining. Two coats.
- Sanded with 220-grit, then with 0000 steel wool, and then wiped down with tack cloth after both dye coats.
- Applying five coats of medium walnut Danish oil. Wiping down with an old t-shirt between coats (I'm on coat #3 right now).
- Will apply at least two coats of wipe-on polyurethane finish, sanding with 0000 and wiping with tack cloth between coats.
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