stag cleaning

jdm61

jdm61

itinerant metal pounder
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I bought some stag at Blade that was in it's "natural" state. I have managed to scrub and pick most of the gunk off, but I was wondering what is the most effective method for cleaning it.
 
bladsmth said:
A wire welding brush and a bucket of TSP.
Stacy
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Both of which I just happen to have on hand.....thanks, Stacy:thumbup: The three pices in question turned out to have a lot more figure than I thought once I cleaned out most of the boogers...lol
 
I have a 2 inch soft stainless round bristle brush that I mount in the drill press and spin it. Works and allows you to just work on certain areas at a time. Mike
 
argel55 said:
I have a 2 inch soft stainless round bristle brush that I mount in the drill press and spin it. Works and allows you to just work on certain areas at a time. Mike
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at the shop (taxidermy) we use the round brush on a piece of dowell rod to ruff forms and to clean racks works great and doesn't take the color out of it
 
color is not an issue as the stag will get dyed with Fiebings. Getting all of the dirt out is the objective.
 
Which specific color of Fiebings dye do you use?
I tried chocolate brown and was less than pleased.
Thanx :D
 
Ebbtide said:
Which specific color of Fiebings dye do you use?
I tried chocolate brown and was less than pleased.
Thanx :D
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Dark brown. Rub the hell out of it after every application. Check the pics on my website and you will see that sometimes you can get a little bit of "amber" color poking though which can look very nice.
 
Wild Rose said:
If you want amber try adding Fiebings British tan to the mix...
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Thanks, Chuck. I have yellow, but it can be TOO yellow:eek: The times that I have gotten amber were when a certain part of the stag seem to be denser or less porous and didn't absorb the dye quite as quickly. I've done six or seven handles intending for all of them to be dark like Russ Andrew's knives, but one of them had the amber parts even after multiple applications, which looked pretty cool. On one or two others, it wasn't as noticable. I can get the tops of the popcorn to show a bit by sanding with 400 grit.
 
Thanx.
The chocolate brown looked green.
Not good.

Thanks again to both of you :D
 
If your going for a natural Stag color and not an antiqued look potassium permanganate crystals mixed with water will give you a very true brown color
Ken.
 
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