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   IronHelix | Apr 07, 2002 02:33pm | #1

   2 CUPS OF AMMONIA IN A QUART JAR

   1 PKG OF REDMAN (or similar brand) CHEWING TOBACCO

   AGITATE DAILY FOR A WEEK........................TEST COLOR ON SCRAP.

   TOO DARK.....................ADD WATER.

   TOO LIGHT.....................ADD MORE TOBACCO AND A LITTLE AMMONIA TO COVER.

   FINISH

   1 POUND OF CHIPPED PARAFIN DISSOLVED IN THE 2 QT HOT TURPENTINE AND MIXED WITH 2 QT BOILED LINSEED OIL.

   CLOSEST THING I'VE SEEN TO TOBACCO SPIT AND BEAR & BACON GREASE THAT ANNOINTED MOST CABIN FLOORS.........................:>)

   .................................IRON hELIX

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   ScottMatson | Apr 07, 2002 04:51pm | #2

   How's the smell come out, fairly authentic?

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   DaveRicheson | Apr 08, 2002 01:30am | #3

   Rob, I have used roofing cement and mineral spirit or turpentine to match the color of old pine floors. An old painter told me that they use to make most of the dark stains for woodwork with that concoction when he was a pup. I used the mixture to stain a parquay flooring patch where I work. Let it dry for a day and finished it with polyurethane. Same thing as the chewing tobaco for dark or lightness control, but use the solvent. It will maybe smell a little better too.

   Dave