Black Stump weirdness

Greetings all,

The Tuff Dog is nearing the stage where I am thinking about the next step beyond stain coats and I have noticed the the BS seems to have granules in it where the CG stain does not.

Both stains applied with the same type of cloth in the same location and left to dry/cure in the same environment.

Is this unusual and what is the resolution because I don't want to go to intensifier at this stage, sorry can't do pics because of the time of night and I'm jumping on a plane in the morning and won't be back home until Tuesday so no great rush but any hints / tips or whatever in the meantime will be most welcome.

I will be looking in at the forum just a long way from home.

Give the BS a light scuff sand with 400 grit to remove those pesky grainy bits and flatten out the surface.

Will do, thanks DB

Hey DK, its a bit hard to see but if you look at my video in timelape when doing the burst, I do a light sand of the bumps with 1200 grit wet. I've found that 600 is alright but can take a fair bit off.

I gave it a once over with 600 & 1000 ( both wet ) and have given it a fresh coat of BS, see what it looks like in the morning

Good stuff DK. Stick with it, I'm sure it will work out fine. some of my worst stuff ups ive had to sand back the lumps and reapply the stain coat in patches, but it all worked out i the wash. (that was my TLA-1R)

I have to keep reminding myself on this thread that BS means black stump and not male cow manure.

More weirdness with the BS, this time the intensifier.

After applying the intensifier around 10 yesterday morning it looked nice and glossy, still looked the same around 6 in the evening, but today it has developed a number of dull patches these are not in the same place or size as the previous ones so I doubt that it related to sap or moisture in the timber.

Seems very strange because I didn't have the same issue with the CG stain and intensifier on the top.

At least the BS is on solid timber so I can sand it right back if that is the recommendation, but if that is the case I would be worried about a reoccurrence.

The alternative is to take it back and spray it with black acrylic.
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...and that is completely different weirdness to the weirdness I had with the black stump.
Possibly a job for DB? Was it a New batch of BS?

Its pretty humid at the moment DK, thats usually the work of humidity plus a little too much intensifier. again, your not going for a glossy finish at the intensifier stage, so as long as you sand down any lumps and keep truckin' it should be fine.