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Post by Purebred Redneck on Aug 15, 2011 23:15:17 GMT -5
I'm going to have to do something with my New England single shot. Bug spray and sweat from years of summer time squirrels are really showing in the heavy handled areas. Thinking of sanding the entire stock to take off all the finish and smooth out the burrs, light color stain, and spray clear on it. I keep hearing people refer to tru-oil all the time too. I don't know anything about that product. Then again, I would really be open to keeping this look and wear that's on it now. Is there anyway to just smooth out the burred spots and protect the unfinished wood? If this was your gun, what would you be doing?  |
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Post by deputydon on Aug 16, 2011 6:36:21 GMT -5
Burn it !!!!!!!
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Post by jimh on Aug 16, 2011 7:03:16 GMT -5
Red an oil finish is not hard to do, and can be touched up anytime easily. i would put a stipper (paint stripper not a two legged rascal) on the stock first then after pealing the old finish off then sand down. i would be happy to do the oil finish for you if you want but you need to strip the finish yourself first (i hate doing that). i have some tong oil at the house i used this past winter.
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Post by bounce on Aug 16, 2011 7:27:08 GMT -5
Paint it pink
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Post by Bill on Aug 16, 2011 7:42:11 GMT -5
Use a stripper, (no not that one) and then light sanding and wet it and steel wool it and then stain it and then give it a very heavy coat of linseed oil mixed half and half with mineral sprites. Steel wool that off lightly when it dries and then a very light coat of straight linseed oil hand rubbed in every day for a week steel wool it lightly between coats. Then once a week coat for a month. Then just give it a coat every now and then. Great finish and not near as labor intensive as it sounds. You can do that while your staying at home pining away about the neighbor girl.  |
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Post by Jack on Aug 16, 2011 9:34:33 GMT -5
Tru Oil is a good finish, and not that hard to do. Here's a link describing one guy's method of using it: www.doublegunshop.com/phiatt3.htm I agree with the others - take the wood off the gun, remove the buttplate and anything else that's not wood, and use a finish stripper to get all the old finish off. One advantage to doing your own finish on a stock is, that a lot of factory stocks aren't well sealed in the end grain (where the butt meets the action, and under the buttplate). You can seal those areas with some finish, straight, or thinned a bit with mineral spirits. You can get a good finish with varnish, too, but it requires a bit more rubbing out and sanding, and maybe more coats. Knowing your patience level,, Red, I'd stick with Tru Oil. |
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Post by deputydon on Aug 16, 2011 12:28:39 GMT -5
;D ;DJust kidding...... ;D ;D |
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Post by bounce on Aug 16, 2011 21:31:52 GMT -5
I wasen't
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Post by Bill on Aug 17, 2011 7:47:02 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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