Making a stock a lighter color

[daveboy]

I might give the wood bleach a try. I just know that household bleach will lighten anything it touches. So, I wondered about wood.

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Endless apologies if you already knew this:

After you bleach the stock and begin recoloring, you can "test" the wood for the end result by letting the stock dry thoroughly and wetting the surface with plain water. This will temporarily simulate the effect of the final oil finish.
If recoloring with spirit dye, you can darken the coloration by simply repeating with another application.
Fieblings Medium Brown is a good compromise color with a bit of red. You can thin it beforehand with a bit of denatured alcohol or use it full strength.

No need to apologize. Actually, I use my own homemade dye with denatured alcohol and Rit dye. I use the dark brown and the dark red. I thin them so that they barely color the wood and do many applications until I get it like I want it. However, this particular stock, when bare, is a bit darker than I'd like.