Did this to my Sks, but not no where near as this. I darkened it a little to test it out on the butstock. It now has some dark areas. Kinda regret it but you learn new things that way. I think its good if you litely burn the the gas tube hand guard. That would be nice but I think its better to you black dye or stain on your wood than burning. Nice vid. I may post my sks if there is a reply.
@@TinkerTailorSoldier1 Exactly. Since it's a sunk cost already, take that first one, strip as much of the poly off as you can, lightly sand and/or wire brush it to get the poly off, and buff the hell out of it. If you have a bench grinder and buffing wheel, it's perfect for buffing the char off of the wood without cutting into the wood itself. That "crackling" will come right off, and the wood underneath will take some of the charring and darken, with the pith being eroded, highlighting the grain of the wood. You can bring it back down to the base wood and still end up with some darker highlights from the charring. It's my preferred finish for axe and knife handles. It can look pretty epic. In lieu of poly, I'd suggest a mixture of boiled linseed oil and beeswax. It's better for the wood and I, personally, like the way it looks over more synthetic finishes. Best of luck to you.
I have a wooden chasis for my M1a I’ve wanted to do something like this but I probably won’t now 🤙🏼 thanks for doing some arts and crafts 👍🏼👍🏼
I think if you practiced you could get get amazing results and a truly unique rifle.
Just watch other videos on how to do it right, not wrong like me.
Did this to my Sks, but not no where near as this. I darkened it a little to test it out on the butstock. It now has some dark areas. Kinda regret it but you learn new things that way. I think its good if you litely burn the the gas tube hand guard. That would be nice but I think its better to you black dye or stain on your wood than burning. Nice vid. I may post my sks if there is a reply.
@@ebe-hero7052 send it brother 🤙🏼 tag me when you do
It's always fun to try new things.!
I wonder if you gave it a light sanding and hit it with more poly it wouldn't cover better now that the porous wood is sealed from the first coat.
That’s what I am planning on doing. There is probably some really nice colored wood under there. Then I’ll just hit it with some more poly.
@@TinkerTailorSoldier1 Exactly.
Since it's a sunk cost already, take that first one, strip as much of the poly off as you can, lightly sand and/or wire brush it to get the poly off, and buff the hell out of it.
If you have a bench grinder and buffing wheel, it's perfect for buffing the char off of the wood without cutting into the wood itself.
That "crackling" will come right off, and the wood underneath will take some of the charring and darken, with the pith being eroded, highlighting the grain of the wood.
You can bring it back down to the base wood and still end up with some darker highlights from the charring. It's my preferred finish for axe and knife handles.
It can look pretty epic.
In lieu of poly, I'd suggest a mixture of boiled linseed oil and beeswax.
It's better for the wood and I, personally, like the way it looks over more synthetic finishes.
Best of luck to you.
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