hey Guys I have a problem with some desert ironwood grips i'm working on and wondered if anyone had any ideas.
a few weeks back I bought a killer set of DIW burl scales as seen in the first picture, I got the grips shaped and everything was going great till I started to put the finish on the grips, for some reason the wood darkened considerably as you can see in the second picture, now they're not quite as dark in person but they're still really dark and the beautiful grain is all hidden.
any ideas on what to do to lighten them up?
when I got the scales they appeared to be coated with polyurethane and they looked exactly the same as the first picture but when I used polyurethane for my finish the second picture is the result.
http://i800.Rule #2/albums/yy290/lonestarcustomgrips/_57_zps1c3cb36e.jpg
http://i800.Rule #2/albums/yy290/lonestarcustomgrips/P1080946_zps6839a4a8.jpg
a few weeks back I bought a killer set of DIW burl scales as seen in the first picture, I got the grips shaped and everything was going great till I started to put the finish on the grips, for some reason the wood darkened considerably as you can see in the second picture, now they're not quite as dark in person but they're still really dark and the beautiful grain is all hidden.
any ideas on what to do to lighten them up?
when I got the scales they appeared to be coated with polyurethane and they looked exactly the same as the first picture but when I used polyurethane for my finish the second picture is the result.
http://i800.Rule #2/albums/yy290/lonestarcustomgrips/_57_zps1c3cb36e.jpg
http://i800.Rule #2/albums/yy290/lonestarcustomgrips/P1080946_zps6839a4a8.jpg