Opinions on stock refinish please.

[Red Herring]

So, I was not totally happy with the varnished laminated stock on my SKS, so I redid it with a medium walnut Danish oil and finished it with some Howard Feed and Wax.

Let me know what you think! I'm pretty happy with the results.]

 

[Pig4000]

i see nothing

 

[midnightpossum]

It looks invisible... nice job, now you can carry it anywhere.

 

[Red Herring]

Hmmm. Strange. The pics show for me. I'll see what I can do.

 

[millwright]

no show for me either

 

[Woodbeef]

Hmmm. Strange. The pics show for me. I'll see what I can do.

You need an outside photo host to post pics. The function is turned off for uploading from your computer.

 

[Red Herring]

Ya. I am using an online photo gallery from another forum I belong to. I have just switched it to "public". Are the images visable now?

 

[mcpiper]

I see it. It looks way better now, nice job.

 

[millwright]

Nice work.

 

[mhowarth]

Good work!

How long did this little project take you?

 

[Red Herring]

Good work!

How long did this little project take you?

5 days all told. Prepping the stock was most of the work. I even stuck it in the oven for a couple of hours at ~190 to heat the cosmo out. Applying the oil is all about waiting, but the first few coats went on quickly as the stock just soaked it up. The last coat was left to dry for 48 hours before applying the Howards feed and wax.

 

[mhowarth]

I like it!

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. Great work!

 

[supernova]

Great job

 

[The Kurgan]

Excellent work. I did something similar to mine. The results were fantastic. It only takes a day's work, and your stock will look like new, and be actually weather proof.

 

[collector67]

Nice work-I did a similar job to my 1950 Tula and my 1944 laminated M44, except I used MinWax Mahogany and Walnut stain respectively. (followed by TruOil) I think that the original shellac really covers up the beauty of the woodgrain.