Carbon Build-up

[frankderrico]

Mike, my mistake it is Klean Strip Wood Bleach. Klean Strip makes lots of wood products, I use their BLO. I have one can that I heat up with a propane torch untill it bubbles then put it on the stocks with a 1" brush. It realy soaks in. Charlie uses a soak tank with warm BLO overnight. I dodn't have a tank(yet). I think I would do the bleach on your Winny stock, and I think you're going to need multiple bleachings on the stained spots. Just take your time and start with the worse areas and finish by bleaching the whole stock. when your done the stock will have no color. On a plus side the bleach seems to pull out any markings and make them stand out better. Then wipe it down with min. spirits and thats what you will get with just BLO. If you don't like it then you can stain it followed with BLO. Another option is to stain it inside the barrel channel as a test. Hope that helps.....Frank