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   Kevin | May 14, 2003 11:12pm | #1

   Well... referring to my handy dandy DuPont color wheel I note that red neutralizes green since they are on opposite sides of the color wheel. Perhaps getting ahold of a custom aftermarket wipe stain that's redder than the stain you have will leave you with a net redder look. I'm just going on pure theory here since I can't see the wood or the stain you have... but, it sounds like what's happening is that the red in your wipe stain isn't enough to neutralize the green tones in the wood. If that's the case... amping up the amount of red in your stain should leave you with a net redder look than what you've acheived thus far. Adding some yellow should bump you towards the brown color range.

   Good luck!

   Regards,

   Kevin

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   cduarte | May 14, 2003 11:26pm | #2

   excellent, that sounds like it would do the trick. thank you very much.

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   Kevin | May 15, 2003 01:10am | #3

   Y'know... I hadn't thought to ask more about this stock set you bought. Is it a blank slab of wood? An already shaped stock? I ask because paint stripper can leave the stripped wood with a green tinge. If it had a finish on it previously which has subsequently been stripped... maybe bleaching the wood would be a better solution to your problem.

   Regards,

   Kevin

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   cduarte | May 15, 2003 01:25am | #4

   to see the stock set, go here and look at #s 3, 4, and 5.

   http://www.reesesurplus.com/grips.html

   It did not have a finish on it.

   Edited 5/14/2003 6:25:57 PM ET by cduarte

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   booch | May 16, 2003 06:14am | #5

   That might be the French "Yellow" seeping thru to the surface of the walnut. Sure you want to put that on a weapon? ;-)

   Jack of all trades and master of none - you got a problem with that?