Who wore it best?

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I like refinishing stocks for others and here are two laminate sks stocks I did, I took some pics before I'm returning the stocks, I leave stock marking intact before refinishing them. The dark one I mixed my own water based black dye then rinsed it and and then stained with min wax ebony stain. Then received a dozen tung oil coats and then some high gloss marine varnish, and then finished with fine steel wool and tong oil. The red one I mixed my own water based red dye and then gave it a min wax red oak stain followed by two coats of amber shellac, and a top coat of marine varnish, and finished with fine steel wool and tung oil, Which one looks the best? Pics were taken at slightly different angles as the stocks have a holographic laminate layers




 
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I also like the red one the best, In real it the color looks a lot like the un refurbed laminate stock, just a little deeper and glossier, but I also had to try something besides red as well
 
when your throwing on the shellac what do you like to use to put the product on. I went and bought one of those little foam brushes. Seems to work pretty good. Once you sand with your fine wool what do you wipe it down with after before you put your next layer of tung oil.
 
Too pretty for the rifle intended rifle IMHO.

Like Armor All on an off road vehicle...
 
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I use a gravity feed canister air sprayer to put on the shellac and varnish, When im using tung oil I wet my steel wool with tung oil to sand , then wipe off the stock with a rag to clean it off, Then I proceed to lightly hand rub a coat of tung oil on
 
You rub the tung oil on with an old shirt. I just finished one of my stocks and it came out pretty well, just asking to see if I can change anything up to help with the end product. Sanding between coats will be done on the next one.
 
upinsmokeweldinginc said:
You rub the tung oil on with an old shirt. I just finished one of my stocks and it came out pretty well, just asking to see if I can change anything up to help with the end product. Sanding between coats will be done on the next one.
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Some helpful thing I have found is to try to keep the working area dust free, Any thing that goes on the wood goes though a super fine cone filter, and If I apply tung oil by hand I often use a foam brush, and I rub it in with a lint free large cleaning patch while its still wet so only a thin coat remains, The reason why I usually put an coat of marine varnish on is so I have a thicker layer to smooth out the imperfections ,so you dont accidentally sand through your finish with the steel wool, plus the varnish I use is made of tung oil plus some additives so it all works well together,
 
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