Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Posting in the gunsmithing thread here but I'm no gunsmith.
I have a citori that came to me in exceptional condition except for a number of deep bumps on the end of the fore-end.
So I thought I would tackle that thinking that in the worst case I would end up stripping the finish just for the horseshoe shape of the end of the schnabel since there's a sharp edge between it and the rest of the fore-end that I could mask up to. Then thought I would at least try to do a spot refinish on the one side. So, I masked it then applied dabs of varnish remover gel on the dents, followed by steel wool limited to the dents.
Two more cycles of this and the dents had the finish removed. Then 4 or or more cycles of lifting the grain with an electric iron and wet cloth with 220 grit sanding in between.
The photo above is from partway in the grain-raising process.
And then the wishful-thinking part that I was hoping would work but really had no clue: could I blend the cloudy looking sanded edges of the Browning urethane with Tru Oil?
Yeah, as it turns out.
I put down 3 very thin coats of Tru Oil just over the repair, then a day later sanded it to 400 grit. Then another 3 coats over the repair and finally one coat over both the new and old finish on the end of the schnabel. It came out okay!
I have a citori that came to me in exceptional condition except for a number of deep bumps on the end of the fore-end.
So I thought I would tackle that thinking that in the worst case I would end up stripping the finish just for the horseshoe shape of the end of the schnabel since there's a sharp edge between it and the rest of the fore-end that I could mask up to. Then thought I would at least try to do a spot refinish on the one side. So, I masked it then applied dabs of varnish remover gel on the dents, followed by steel wool limited to the dents.
Two more cycles of this and the dents had the finish removed. Then 4 or or more cycles of lifting the grain with an electric iron and wet cloth with 220 grit sanding in between.
The photo above is from partway in the grain-raising process.
And then the wishful-thinking part that I was hoping would work but really had no clue: could I blend the cloudy looking sanded edges of the Browning urethane with Tru Oil?
Yeah, as it turns out.
I put down 3 very thin coats of Tru Oil just over the repair, then a day later sanded it to 400 grit. Then another 3 coats over the repair and finally one coat over both the new and old finish on the end of the schnabel. It came out okay!
