I think you used too much flame mate , you want more of a scorch than a dark burn ! ? ? This fake curly maple thing " brings back good memories when i first got into black powder guns and the very first book i purchased on the subject was " The complete black powder handbook by Sam Fadala. writes in his early days a friend purchased his very first muzzle loader, the stock was very plain looking, so Sam offered to do something with it. Basically did the same a blow torch then oil , when his mate saw the finished rifle he was so impressed with how it turned out !
Thank you so much for this video I use aquafortis And I like this product better. Because I don't have to heat the Maple. In order to get that aquafortis look. Because when I use aqua aquafortis it turns kinda like reddish and I want the natural look of the wood so I really thank you so much for this video.
@@lamebeavertradingco.1642 About the same as iron nitrate. Think I only left it overnight, did it on a stock and forearm from Fagen Wood for my 870 20 years ago. Very pleased with it.
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I'm in the process of making a homemade muzzleloader, with a 1/2" bore with 209 primer. I'm going to use a pine 2 x 6 for a stock (only using stuff I have). I'm planning on doing this finish on it. (we saw the same video of the Guitar). My barrel is made of one inch.095 tubing with a 1/2" black iron pipe frozen and driven through the 1"tubing. It's just something for me to play around with.
I think odd spacing and maybe random angles across the wood a little more heat on the wire less fire on the wood and maybe a soldering gun instead of the torch. Just a thought neat video!
Thank You for your comment. The wire protects the wood from scorching. I think a soldering gun would take to long. I wonder If putting electricity on both ends of the wire would heat the wire and burn that into the wood. 12 volts, not 110 though. LOL
The wire works pretty good. I'm working a #3 curly maple full stock right now for my T/C Hawken. I'm going to use aqua fortis and a red dye. I have been refining my technique with the English tea #1. The first one I did looks totally fake. This last pistol turned out pretty sweet. The tea doesn't hide the grain like bone black. Thanks for sharing.
I wrapped my hickory tomahawk handle with two different diameters of aluminum wire , and then stained it with a combination of colors to look like curly maple, it came out good, great video thanks for posting 👍🇺🇸
