Help; I think I damaged the wood on my sks

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So being new to red rifles/milsurp; I was attempting to clean the cosmo my new to me Russian sks.

The wife didn't allow me to use the oven for the wood, so I had everything disassembled and started using a handheld steamer (one that steams dress shirts).

Well, I was steaming away the gas cylinder, I must of left the wood part in the direct path of the steam and I got some "milking" on part of the hand guard.

Any Idea on how to correct this?

I've read that it's moisture trapped inside the wood, so that by drying it will correct it--thinking about using a blow dryer or using the oven when the wife is at work.

I've also heard that rubbing oil/mayonnaise will also correct it

and lastly, I heard that rubbing a little rubbing alcohol into it works too. The alcohol and water "mixes" and as the alcohol evaporates it takes some of the water with it.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Pic's?
Then I can see how bad the damage is and try to walk you back in from there. That is unless...
It's FUBAR.
 
i used fine steel wool to get that milky colour out of my stock. it left fine scratches but it was better then the white haze.
 
Just let it sit, it very well may "fix" itself. I've damaged wood furniture with hot beverages, and rubbing alcohol, it leaves the same milky appearance. Luckily it goes away in a week or two, or I would be a dead man.
 
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There is an important lesson here:

Don't ask your wife for permission to you use stuff you shouldn't be using. Just use it and apologize when you get caught.
 
i did this to a table once. i just took really fine sandpaper and just the top of the finish was milky. i think i used 1500 grit with water. i will say the sks will proboly look better refinished if your a little handy havnt done mine but will at some point.
 
Sam Fisher said:
There is an important lesson here:

Don't ask your wife for permission to you use stuff you shouldn't be using.....
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She knows full well that some appliances are just not meant for gunsmithing. If you had respected her knowledge, you wouldn't be in this position.
 
tiriaq said:
She knows full well that some appliances are just not meant for gunsmithing. If you had respected her knowledge, you wouldn't be in this position.
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My comment was a friendly
joke. The OP did respect his wife's wishes and did not use the oven and used a more appropriate tool for the job but made a minor mistake resulting in the damage. For what its worth people have used the oven method with success.
 
tiriaq said:
She knows full well that some appliances are just not meant for gunsmithing. If you had respected her knowledge, you wouldn't be in this position.
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Huh????

She said no to the oven and I didn't use the oven.

MWJones--- That looks nice. I was looking at them on the hical website. (They also sell replacement wood handguards; not sure what to do now).
 
trubluscrew said:
Huh????

She said no to the oven and I didn't use the oven.

MWJones--- That looks nice. I was looking at them on the hical website. (They also sell replacement wood handguards; not sure what to do now).
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If you want to refinish the whole stock and handguard, Minwax walnut special stain and 3-4 coats of tung oil. Will look awesome:)
Jocelyn
 
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