Please answer!
I've scraped with knife blades and sanded with 320 grit, now I want to get rid of that white stuff before I put some finish on.
I'm going to see if I can find some gun-finishing stuff called "Tru Oil".
Refinishing a 4001
Moderator: jingle_jangle
To remove the silica from the pores is a tediuos job .
The white is paste wood filler that is mostly silica and that is what you are looking at .
To remove it ....get an EXACTO knife with some #11 blades .Use that to scrape it out .
Version two ....see version one
You can not dye this stuff ...at least I don't know how .
I have tried many thing to change it .The only one that works is the scraping of it .Then ....fill the poers with another filler or leave it alone .
If you can not remove all the white ,get the top layer off and get some water based dye (the Woodworkers store /Rockler's is a good source)
Then add the dye to some 'DURHAM'S RockHard Water Putty'.Fill the pores with that mixture and then you will bury the white .
Also you will get a level surface and if you want to put on Birchwood -Casey Tru-Oil-Gunstock Oil , you can .That will seal all that in and give you a great look .
The white is paste wood filler that is mostly silica and that is what you are looking at .
To remove it ....get an EXACTO knife with some #11 blades .Use that to scrape it out .
Version two ....see version one
You can not dye this stuff ...at least I don't know how .
I have tried many thing to change it .The only one that works is the scraping of it .Then ....fill the poers with another filler or leave it alone .
If you can not remove all the white ,get the top layer off and get some water based dye (the Woodworkers store /Rockler's is a good source)
Then add the dye to some 'DURHAM'S RockHard Water Putty'.Fill the pores with that mixture and then you will bury the white .
Also you will get a level surface and if you want to put on Birchwood -Casey Tru-Oil-Gunstock Oil , you can .That will seal all that in and give you a great look .
So you too want yours "ALAPWOB"?!?!
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Re: Tru-Oil use. It will look nice, I used it on a mahogany acoustic I refinished last year. Tru-Oil is boiled linseed and a couple other "drying" oils in a really old and durable recipe.
On a 360 midnight blue that (this week) became a mapleglo again..... I used the Formby equivalent to Tru-Oil in high gloss. The Tru-Oil gunstock stuff will yellow after just a couple years if you are going after the vintage yellowing effect. I hastened the color I wanted with a little bit of gel stain in honey maple color. I'll post the materials used. The web page showing the step by step process for this rescue project is still under construction. I'll post the URL when it is alive. Three coats of the Formby stuff, and it is looking good. It builds nicely for a deeper finish after each coat. That's my two cents worth.
On a 360 midnight blue that (this week) became a mapleglo again..... I used the Formby equivalent to Tru-Oil in high gloss. The Tru-Oil gunstock stuff will yellow after just a couple years if you are going after the vintage yellowing effect. I hastened the color I wanted with a little bit of gel stain in honey maple color. I'll post the materials used. The web page showing the step by step process for this rescue project is still under construction. I'll post the URL when it is alive. Three coats of the Formby stuff, and it is looking good. It builds nicely for a deeper finish after each coat. That's my two cents worth.
Good news: the Tru Oil (NZ$23 a bottle) finish is looking fantastic!
I take it the point of using steel wool on each coat of Tru Oil is to remove the glossy crust?
Bad news: I removed all but the deepest white filler with some NZ$10 filler which keeps coming out of the cavities when I sand it back. And it isn't even the right colour! I'm sick of sanding back that damned fretboard to find white streaks still grinning back up at me! Grrrrrrrr!
I'm gonna leave the fretboard for another time....
I take it the point of using steel wool on each coat of Tru Oil is to remove the glossy crust?
Bad news: I removed all but the deepest white filler with some NZ$10 filler which keeps coming out of the cavities when I sand it back. And it isn't even the right colour! I'm sick of sanding back that damned fretboard to find white streaks still grinning back up at me! Grrrrrrrr!
I'm gonna leave the fretboard for another time....
mmm...sacrilicious