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Rose wood insert problem
#158130 08/16/09 10:25 AM
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I am finishing a stock for a friend and the rosewood insert in the forend will not take finish in places. I am assuming there is oil in the wood. Does anyone have suggestions or experiences with this. I thought about soaking the forend in acetone.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thank you, Gordon

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Katie and Jessie #158131 08/16/09 11:17 AM
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Acetone will remove oil, glue, epoxy and anything else on the wood.......make sure there is nothing else you want removed...!

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Yes i agree with using acetone but i did have one tip that i had to spray with lacquer -i cleaned the wood
then sprayed several coats -when hard i roughed up with
400 paper and the the oil finish-worked o k
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Acetone SOMETIMES works. It does NOT remove ALL the natural oils in the rosewood and sometimes the oil will eventually find its way to the surface and produce a bubble under the finish. Some folks finish the tip with lacquer which does not seem to have a problem with the oil.
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Put the rosewood under a hotlamp, and the oils will precipitate out.Then you can finish over it.
This is from the Brownells Kinks books.

Be careful about the walnut around it though.

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I will try Lacquer after I remove the finish from the rosewood.

Thank you one and all for the good advice.

Regards, Gordon

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Try padding lacquer (French Polish)

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