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  1. 21-04-2006, 04:12 PM #1
    wiggles
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    Question gunstock finishing

    afternoon gentlemen and women

    i have recently stripped my stock and put a sycamore stripe and a cocobola tip on the grip(i will post a pic)

    i am now rubbing danish oil into the stock and then giving it a little rub down before another coat

    i have put two coats on so far and it already looks nice

    how many coats do you suggest i put on there

    any other tips would be much appreciated,thankyou

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  2. 21-04-2006, 04:18 PM #2
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    here is the bit before any finishing or final sanding was done

    not bad for a cackhanded 16 year old

    and his carpenter dad

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  3. 21-04-2006, 05:07 PM #3
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    anyone,someone must have done it

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  4. 21-04-2006, 05:11 PM #4
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    I recently refinished the stock on my mk3, i used CCL gunstock conditioning oil and gave it 6 coats.
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  5. 21-04-2006, 05:14 PM #5
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    Not yet, just stripped my Career 707 down last night, someone varnished it at some point so I am hoping to restore it to lovely french polished wood. Also want to sand out the chequering and thinking of getting the action top cover electroplated brass? good luck with the stock I will keep looking in to get some tips.

    A mate of mine used to be a cabinet maker and he suggested rubbing down with sand paper all the way down to flour grade then treating with french polish, finish with a 50/50 mix of french polish and meths brushed on with a cotton wool pad allow to dry between coats and he recons it should come up like a mirror
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  6. 21-04-2006, 05:16 PM #6
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    try this site mate,it is very good

    http://riflestocks.tripod.com/index.html

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  7. 21-04-2006, 05:20 PM #7
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    Cheers man
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  8. 21-04-2006, 06:13 PM #8
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    anyone else got some tips

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  9. 21-04-2006, 06:23 PM #9
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    Yes. But realy for powellysaab.

    Don't ever French polish a rifle stock. It is an utterly inappropriate treatment, is not durable to either knocks or water or oil or anything else.

    The idea of going for a "mirror finish on a gun is laughable.

    Save your French polish for boardroom tables etc.
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  10. 21-04-2006, 06:25 PM #10
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    i dont rub down between coats, just bung on danish and wipe off all the excess

    if i want a glossier finish i mix some teak oil in on the 1st two coats, also i always mix some turps in on the 1st couple of coats which really lets the oil soak in.

    this was just danish

    http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9...tock0147th.jpg

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  11. 21-04-2006, 06:33 PM #11
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    I now do all my stocks with Alkanet root oil followed by Ultra "Old London" gunstock oil, see my fenman in my sig. the alkanet oil really brings out the best in the wood
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  12. 21-04-2006, 06:45 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by bennyblanco
    i dont rub down between coats, just bung on danish and wipe off all the excess

    if i want a glossier finish i mix some teak oil in on the 1st two coats, also i always mix some turps in on the 1st couple of coats which really lets the oil soak in.

    this was just danish

    http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9...tock0147th.jpg

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    How did you achieve the blend; given the darker tones on the back and ears?
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  13. 21-04-2006, 07:05 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by steven
    How did you achieve the blend; given the darker tones on the back and ears?



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  14. 21-04-2006, 07:21 PM #14
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    my dog does that all the time and its horrible

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  15. 21-04-2006, 07:27 PM #15
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    i wish that attachment would hurry up and be approved

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