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JW_Halverson:
Eric, you may think your aqua fortis experiment was a failure, but it's what I am looking for on a non-bow project involving osage. Saves me from having to try sourcing a fair amount of very expensive ebony!!!

Eric Krewson:
I tried it diluted and got gray, full strength and got black. This is the diluted test, I added 50% water to the solution.

If your test isn't dark enough for you just repeat with another strong coat. Every flintlock stock that I stained with aqufortis got much darker over time.

bentstick54:
After playing around with some bows that didn’t make the grade, I used them for stain sampling, I did not like    how things were turning out. I would get 1 limb where I liked it, but then had a hard time matching the other limb. So I temporarily abandoned the stain idea and went back to just a Tru oil finish to get it done. It’s hunting season, and I have a minor hand surgery coming up so needed to get it done.
I will keep experimenting on staining until I figure it out .

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