luckyshotbrooks

Hello,
I am going to be purchasing a new gunstock in a couple of months. I saw a gunstock and it was beautiful. I love the design of it but its about 1600.00 way to much for me. So I'm wondering, can I tape off a design on the gunstock, stain it dark, take off the tape and stain it a lighter color. I have been trying to find stuff online and a few people mentioned to get the lines to look crisp I should etch the side of the tape with a razor blade to stop any bleeding. This is what Im trying to achieve. Can anyone let me know a way to do this. Thanks

firehawkmph

Lucky,
Welcome to the forum. That pic of the gunstock is beautiful. The lighter parts look like maple or a different specie of wood laminated to the figured walnut. That would be a better way of doing it. The walnut needs no stain. That would only hide it's beauty. It is naturally dark. Get yourself some tiger maple and glue it up and cut and sand to shape. Keep some scraps around so you can experiment with your finish. I don't think you will achieve the same look by trying to tape off part of the wood and staining.
Mike Hawkins

John in Tennessee

Is it glass bedded? Dang you need to get a carbon fiber stock to get in the woods.

luckyshotbrooks

I wish I knew that much about wood work to do it right but I dont. I can stain and sand and build normal stuff but making a gun stock is way out of my league. What I wanted to do was buy a unfinished stock in maybe curly maple and try to do that coloring.


John this isnt my gun just one I found online so I'm not sure if its glass bedded or not but you are right it is pretty. But I dont do rigurous hiking and hunting. I sit in a blind and wait (haha). I just want something to that I can pass to my kids like my grandpa and dad have done for me.