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Re: Strip: ebonizing
By:chris
Date: 11/25/2010, 7:18 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: ebonizing (Bill Hamm)

I built a few flintlock rifles using the same basic principle, but used stronger acid then vinegar to dissolve the steel wool. It is called Aquafortis. It's one of the original finishes that gunsmiths used on rifles with curly maple stocks. When I used it, you had to hit the wood with heat from a torch or a heat gun. It would instantly turn the curly maple to a nice dark stain, bringing out the grain. The trouble is that you have to neutralize it, or in a few years it will turn darker and darker. One of my rifles almost has a blackish stock because I didn't know about neutralizing it until I went to a gun building seminar. They neutralize it with water and baking soda mix.
Not sure how it's going to work on WRC, but worth an experiment.

Chris

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Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2010, 12:42 pm
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John D. -- 12/28/2010, 3:14 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/29/2010, 7:18 am
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Mike Savage -- 12/29/2010, 5:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/29/2010, 8:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/28/2010, 5:58 pm
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John D. -- 12/28/2010, 3:19 pm
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Bohdan Szymanik -- 11/26/2010, 2:55 am
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Bohdan Szymanik -- 12/5/2010, 3:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2010, 4:09 am
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Bohdan Szymanik -- 12/5/2010, 3:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2010, 4:14 am
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Bohdan Szymanik -- 12/5/2010, 2:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2010, 3:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2010, 12:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2010, 1:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2010, 8:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2010, 6:07 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 11/24/2010, 2:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2010, 3:13 pm
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Bodhi -- 11/25/2010, 1:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/25/2010, 6:07 am
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chris -- 11/25/2010, 7:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2010, 1:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/25/2010, 5:33 am
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Mike Bielski -- 11/24/2010, 1:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2010, 3:20 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/24/2010, 6:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/28/2010, 1:08 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/28/2010, 6:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2010, 2:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/25/2010, 1:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2010, 3:12 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2010, 3:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2010, 1:23 pm