I'm in the middle od staining my IronwoodDesigns stock set using the RIT dye method.

I strained it using alcohol and started with yellow and a little red. That wasnt right, so I went to some straight red.
That made the stock look kind funny, red and orange striped. I had a smoke and stared at it for a while and wondered what to do. I decided to go back to the yellow and did a few more coats of that which made it better, more AK orange but it's still not right. To stripy with distinct red stripes in the orange.
I think it needs some brown(china mart was out of brown) to blend the colors and take away the stripe effect.

What say you guys? What's the ideal AK furniture color?  

3 parts red to 1 part orange
then coat everythang with a light coat of med dark brown stain after the rit drys

im shure thats about as clear as mud but my brain is on slow/retard today

Quoted: 3 parts red to 1 part orange then coat everythang with a light coat of med dark brown stain after the rit drys

Do you mix the dye powder w/ water or alcohol for staining the stocks? I'm getting to ready to start
doing some stock work myself.

Quoted: Quoted: 3 parts red to 1 part orange then coat everythang with a light coat of med dark brown stain after the rit drys Do you mix the dye powder w/ water or alcohol for staining the stocks? I'm getting to ready to start doing some stock work myself.

Get a funnel and a coffee filter and filter the dye with alcohol. Dont mix it.

I had a set of Russian wook and it was the most beautiful red I have seen on wood. My buddy redid his Maadi with a walnut and cherry stain and it came pretty close.

For reference

I applied the first coat of tung oil last night. Pics to follow in a couple days.