If you are trying to darken alder a small amount, use orange, maybe with a little bit of red or brown. Important: The more tint you put in, the more difficult it’s going to be to get the color even all over, without overlaps and blotches. Go lightly.
Regarding this, can Tru oil be polished?
Tru-oil, allowed to dry properly (a couple weeks minimum, longer is better), can be wet-sanded and polished to a very high gloss.
Thereof, can you wet sand Tru oil? Assuming you use the sealer and pore filler I mentioned you don’t wet sand it. You use a couple of coats of it and let it do its job. The method of putting on a fair bit of tru oil and sanding while wet is to get the wood dust to mix with the tru oil to fill the pores.
Considering this, does acetone remove TRU oil?
Re: Removing Tru-oil. The varnish may just melt, when lacquer is applied. Lacquer solvents (acetone mostly) will soften, craze and melt varnishes. Get some acetone at Home Depot.
Does Tru Oil darken over time?
Re: Darkening Finish After Tru Oil
Would be quite difficult to get an even colour now with dye without starting over. However, very likely to will darken with age and exposure to light.
How long should you wait between coats of Tru oil?
Tru-Oil takes about 2-4 hours to dry enough for a second coat. This is longer in humid and cold places, and shorter in warm dry places. After a couple hours, lightly touch the piece.
How many coats of Tru oil are on a gun stock?
I’m very lightly sanding with a fine wet-dry sandpaper between coats. 0000 steel wool between coats,unless its like 600 grt. sandpaper you are useing. 7 to 12 coats is a good starting place.
Should I sand between Tru oil coats?
the coats of oil should barely make the wood look wet where its applied. rubbed in this thin , tru oil will dry in several hours. keep adding coats til your happy, no need for sanding or steel wool between coats.
What removes Tru oil?
TruOil is one of the easiest finishes to remove. One application of ZipStrip or any other finish remover will usually do the trick.