Currently refinishing the stock on a cooey model 71 243.I sanded stock up to 320 grit sandpaper and used truoil.I now have 6 coats of truoil on and stock looks real good except for it seems that the truoil has not filled all of the pours in grain of the wood.I like the look of the finish but the finish has not filled in all the pours in wood.Do I have to start over or is there a way to fill pours in grain at this stage of the game.
cooey model 71 stock refinish
- Thread starter adubbert
- Start date
Scuff sand the stock with 600 wet and dry paper and water and put on another coat of true oil. Let the true oil harden and then rescuff. After 20 or so coats the pores will be full. After the pores are full rub the stock out with birchwood casey stock sheen. Rod
I would love to have a Model 71 in 243!!! sweet.
I have dine s a few and cheated a bit, I used one to 2 coats of varnish and then about 3 or 4 applications of tung oil, looks very similar to true oil and a lot less work. I don't use water for the wet sanding, I use more oil or saliva for the sanding process.
I have dine s a few and cheated a bit, I used one to 2 coats of varnish and then about 3 or 4 applications of tung oil, looks very similar to true oil and a lot less work. I don't use water for the wet sanding, I use more oil or saliva for the sanding process.
beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
Initially, I take the sanding down to 600 grit, "dewisker" by wetting, raising the grain, and then sanding again with 600. Next step: filling the pores with Birchwood Casey's Gun Stock "Sealer & Filler " ... usually 2 coats, sand with
600 between coats and after final coat, "wet", with a little double boiled linseed oil. Leave it alone for about a week, then Tru-Oil, a thin coat, rubbed-off with a lintless cloth, rubbed well-in by hand and then allowed to dry fort a day or so, lightly taken down with 0000 Steel Wool and repeated every few days until you get the nice, filled, even finish you're looking for. Don't be in a hurry ... 2 or 3 weeks is barely enough. At the stage of having maybe 8 or 10 applications, I start with double boiled linseed oil, into which a little pure beeswax has been melted into warmed-up turpentine ( melt the wax into turpentine... outside & do it carefully as its flammable, then add the linseed). Maybe 75 linseed / 20 turps/5 wax. Hand rubbing a drop or two of this concoction onto the stock or stock & forearm about once a week for 3 or 4 months over the winter produces a pretty nice, low lustre, durable finish. It is important to let the various coats of Tru-Oil "dry" (or I guess more correctly, oxidize, thoroughly between coats) Tru Oil only takes a day or so because of the hardeners it contains, where the oil/turps/beeswax mix, even though applied very sparingly, will take a few days longer in a warm dry place to do the same.
600 between coats and after final coat, "wet", with a little double boiled linseed oil. Leave it alone for about a week, then Tru-Oil, a thin coat, rubbed-off with a lintless cloth, rubbed well-in by hand and then allowed to dry fort a day or so, lightly taken down with 0000 Steel Wool and repeated every few days until you get the nice, filled, even finish you're looking for. Don't be in a hurry ... 2 or 3 weeks is barely enough. At the stage of having maybe 8 or 10 applications, I start with double boiled linseed oil, into which a little pure beeswax has been melted into warmed-up turpentine ( melt the wax into turpentine... outside & do it carefully as its flammable, then add the linseed). Maybe 75 linseed / 20 turps/5 wax. Hand rubbing a drop or two of this concoction onto the stock or stock & forearm about once a week for 3 or 4 months over the winter produces a pretty nice, low lustre, durable finish. It is important to let the various coats of Tru-Oil "dry" (or I guess more correctly, oxidize, thoroughly between coats) Tru Oil only takes a day or so because of the hardeners it contains, where the oil/turps/beeswax mix, even though applied very sparingly, will take a few days longer in a warm dry place to do the same.
Last edited:
