Cooey 60 resto- FINISHED!

The stock is complete! I have it just the way I want it, and then some! I honestly did not think it would turn out this well given that the wood wasn't great to start with, but it came out better than I ever could have hoped for. This is the result of 2 coats of 50/50 tru oil and mineral spirits, 1 50/50 coat sanded in, and about 14-15 coats of full strength applied by hand, with every coat being smoothed with 0000 steel wool, and the 13th coat being wet sanded with 600 grit, all finished up with 2 light coats of renaissance wax that was buffed.

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Looks awesome!

Just wondering how resilient the RenWax is to handling/smudges/finger marks, etc? I know the Lee Valley Conservators Wax does pretty well, but I'll usually re-coat after any extensive handling.
 
7ECA said:
Looks awesome!

Just wondering how resilient the RenWax is to handling/smudges/finger marks, etc? I know the Lee Valley Conservators Wax does pretty well, but I'll usually re-coat after any extensive handling.
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I'm not sure, but guns are for shooting so i'm not super worried; the wax was also for protection from the elements so i'm happy as long as it does that at a minimum
 
jory said:
I'm not sure, but guns are for shooting so i'm not super worried; the wax was also for protection from the elements so i'm happy as long as it does that at a minimum
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Of course, and I'm not particularly worried about the LV C-wax either, just wondering if RenWax is more durable.
 
7ECA said:
Of course, and I'm not particularly worried about the LV C-wax either, just wondering if RenWax is more durable.
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Only time will tell. The reason I went with this particular wax is because Larry Potterfield from the midway USA videos (that I’ve been watching nonstop since this project started) recommended it as a sealer
 
I admit defeat. I cannot for the life of me get the bluing color I want. I have two options; send the barrelled action away for a gloss black cerakote/hot blue and have to share the build with someone else, or I concede that gunmetal grey is the darkest I can muster and be able to say that I did 100% of the work myself.

I think I will reassemble the gun tonight and go from there, but right now i'm leaning toward calling it purely my own restoration. In the future I may look into hot bluing instead.

I will post pics once the gun is reassembled.
 
Oh my god. This is going off the rails. I went to assemble the gun tonight, and I somehow lost the nut that snugs the threaded rod from the magazine tube to the tightening screw on the trigger guard and keeps it from butting up against the magazine tube. I'm dead in the water without it, as every time you tighten the receiver to the stock now it binds up against the mag tube and jams the whole gun up
 
I did a lot of bluing in a previous life. If you can get a metal tank long enough to put the barrel in, fill with water and heat to a boil for about 15 minutes, remove and then use the blueing solution on it. Repeat as needed to get the color you want. Once you get the right color, wipe with gun oil and you are done. Did lots of 1894's and got good results.
 
jory said:
Some more work went in last night! I got my final prep done to all my metal with my vinegar bath- including my entire receiver/barrel, which did not go as planned. I didn't have a vessel large enough to soak the whole thing, so I attempted to make one out of two wallpaper trays. As it turns out, hot glue is not ideal to put the two together AND have them be waterproof, but I made it work with some towels and a girlfriend who is unhappy with our basement now smelling like vinegar.

Here's my leaky vinegar bath tank
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Oops! I guess that's what happens when you forget to test for leaks first. :p

On a more serious note, it looks like you could use a length of plastic pipe as a suitable container, as long as the plug is sufficiently watertight. Might have to get creative to find a way to accommodate the trigger and keep the assembly standing though.
 
chanman said:
Oops! I guess that's what happens when you forget to test for leaks first. :p

On a more serious note, it looks like you could use a length of plastic pipe as a suitable container, as long as the plug is sufficiently watertight. Might have to get creative to find a way to accommodate the trigger and keep the assembly standing though.
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Both of those thoughts occurred to me after my test, unfortunately.

super7 said:
I've used vinegar to try and clean old coins and its pretty harsh. The rifle was ok sitting in it?
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100% fine. I only left it in for a half hour or so

As an overall update to the thread; my progress is on hold until I can find the adjuster screw jam nut that I lost.
 
Well folks, a very generous CGN user stepped up and helped me with my missing part, and tonight I finally completed the project! While I wasn't 100% satisfied with my bluing job before, putting the gun back together and seeing it all as one again really made me happy with what I had accomplished.

Before I got everything back together, I decided to take the bluing off the bolt since it was already wearing off after some cycling, and decided to polish it instead:
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Once that was done, I started fiddling with getting the gun back together, and here are the finished results. I'm sorry for the bad lighting and weird angles; the room I work in is very poorly lit; I have a lamp that gives off more usable light than the actual light in the ceiling does.

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Thank you to everyone who gave advice and help in any way.
 
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