Refinishing wood stock

[ks23321]

Anyone ever refinished a stock on a gun? If so did you like your end results

 

[pinshooter45]

Yeah her's the 98K I did, used a Birchwood Casey refinishing KIt. Stripped it with a varnish stripper, washed it gently in Dawn Dish soap a few times to remove the oil and grease then I gently sanded with 320 grit to take of the "Whiskers". Used a 50% diluted walnut stain. then used 000 steel wool. Then started with the Tru-oil rubbing it in with my fingers, and using 0000 steel wool in between coats. Be happy to do your for you for a resonable charge.

 

[Integraholic]

Dishwasher on pots and pans cycle will completely strip a stock of all the finish and even bring out some minor dings.

 

[Mat250]

I did my 67 10/22. Stripped with citrus stripper then steamed and sanded, finished with 12 coats of tru oil.

before

steamed and sanded

finished

 

[bluto67]

i just tried citrus stripper on mk4 #1 enfield and it did practically nothing

 

[pute62]

Have done several stocks,some turned out very good and some not so good. I think it just depends on the wood.

 

[Lock n Load]

Here are some Birch and Walnut stocks that I have refinished...

Garand stocks:

M1A (USGI M14) stocks:

 

[BE Mike]

I've refinished a few. They all turned out better looking for the effort. I like an oil finish. I've used Linspeed, Homer Formsby Tung Oil, and Tru Oil. They all worked out well. The key, after removing the old finish and flaws and sanding, is to use an appropriate colored stain, have patience and apply several coats of oil finish and lightly steel wool the finish between coats. The more coats you apply, the better the finish will look. The last one I did had 7 coats and it looked nice.

In the past, I've used spray "Easy Off" oven cleaner to remove the old deep oil from military stocks. It would suck out a lot of the old oil, so I didn't have to sand the stock down too far. I don't know if they changed the formula since I used it.

 

[IndianaResident]

I stripped and stained one purple. Yeah, it happened, and I'm a little embarrassed to post pictures of it.