Beech seems to respond well to William's kits.
I've just finished profiling and refinishing the stock(s) from an S200.
I took photos at every step of the process.
Photos are here
Beech seems to respond well to William's kits.
I've just finished profiling and refinishing the stock(s) from an S200.
I took photos at every step of the process.
Photos are here
I just painted on Domestos and left it for 20 minutes.
When the stock goes white, rinse it off, dry it and then stain till your get the colour you want
i like that gun
This 3 part article seems to be very comprehensive from initial strip through to final finishing: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=1...shing___Part_I
Just tried the tea staining idea on my meteor stock. its a crap beech one, but now it looks quite ok. i just left the teabags in hot water for a while (this should help open up the pores in the wood) about 15 mins, and then rubbed them in. It gives the wood a lovely golden brown colour.
I will be doing the same on all my stocks now.
A.V Marochinni O/U 12 Gauge
Baikal S/B 12 Gauge
Air Arms S200 MK2 .177
I tried this link today and the web page(s) appear to have been shut down. I'm still interested in the topic though.
Mick
Yeah, has been dead for about a year.
A.V Marochinni O/U 12 Gauge
Baikal S/B 12 Gauge
Air Arms S200 MK2 .177
Just tried Black shoe polish tonight. 1 coat rubbed in well gives a nice stained colour, but also a water resistant finish (?) I tried this again, but found i couldnt get it any darker. So i heated the wood up first with a model aircraft heatgun and then rubbed the polish into the stock genourousely. This melted the polish to a thin enough texture so it seaped into the beech. Now i have a much darker stain.
I will try this aing tommorrow night with brown and grey on a different part of the stock.
Bearing in mind this gives a water resistant finish, will i still be able to finish it off with a oil coating?
ATVB Jacob
A.V Marochinni O/U 12 Gauge
Baikal S/B 12 Gauge
Air Arms S200 MK2 .177
Hello quick question is it possible the link from the first post no longer works ?
thanks in advance
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thats fantastic,nice job.
useful information thanks!
found this really useful thanks a lot