Finishing the stock on my M14s?

trucker Rob

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Hey guy's, has any one used Birchwood casey Tru-Oil before? and if so how did it work for you? I'm going to try it on my M14s stock, I've cleaned it in the sink with dish soap and got all the oil out last week, now I'm going to sand it with steel wool... any tip's would help!!
 
get a spray bottle and some ammonia. use straight or 50/50 ammonia/water. Spray stock in sink and all the finish will come off. wash in hot water. Light sand and stain with shoe color and finish with marine grade teak oil. Marine grade teak oil is better than tru-oil for going in the rain etc.......
 
Put it thru the dish washer pots & pans cycle twice. Let it dry out, then give it a light sanding followed by a coat of EZ Liner (truckbed liner). Works great! Provides a hard wearing, moisture resistant, textured finish.
 
Doing mine with Mohawk wax wash and then finishing it with Diamond Coat from Varithene to make it hard as nails and also water resilient. Post pic's next week once it cures.
 
Greg said:
Do you guys have pictures of the finished product doing it this way?
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When you spray, stand back and apply multiple thin coats. I sc..w.d up and had runs. Nothing that can't be corrected.
 
Dishwasher stock cleaning

I waited till the wife went out and did it then.

I had to take out both the top and bottom racks to make it fit. My 9 year old asked me why the racks were on the kitchen floor and not in the dish washer? I told him I was cleaning it for mom and don't worry I would have it all back together before she came home. I then told him to go play his XBox 360 and he forgot about it all.

Dishwasher did work well but I only had enough time for one cycle. It did however leave a distinct smell in the dishwasher after it was all done. I made sure I loaded it that night and ran it again.

All is good now and she in none the wiser.
 
I dishwashered mine on extra-hot steam cycle, and it looked great. Then I applied 3 applications of Tung Oil and it looks great. I tried the final coat polished with 0000 steel wool, but the Chu Wood stock is too soft to permit a high-sheen with that route. Maybe its achievable, but I didn't want to apply 10 more coats of oil.

I am going to try a polish coat with beeswax...as soon as I can find some pure beeswax.

I'll post pics tommorrow.
 
went the hard way....

I applied 1850 furniture stripper for a while to pull the original stain out(mostly) and then sanded it smooth and started with a regiment of linseed oil. Im on coat number 6 or 7 i think and it is starting to look good, if not a little blonde, but that's okay. should darken with time and more applications anyhow. Linseed oil is definately a labour of love though.
 
I got an old Walnut USGI stock, and I finished it with the polyurethane I referenced earlier.

Here's how it came out:

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trucker Rob said:
Hey guy's, has any one used Birchwood casey Tru-Oil before? and if so how did it work for you? I'm going to try it on my M14s stock, I've cleaned it in the sink with dish soap and got all the oil out last week, now I'm going to sand it with steel wool... any tip's would help!!
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I'm trying it right now and it's not as good as I hoped. If any thing I can try some thing else. Don't get me wrong it still looks good,
 
aric84 said:
I applied 1850 furniture stripper for a while to pull the original stain out(mostly) ...
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I did the same and was amazed at how much and for how long it would continue to bleed through the end grain. :(:( Every day it would have a few more dark oily spots...:mad:

I eventually told myself it "..adds character" and went on with Minwax Tongue Oil Finish. Evened it out and sealed it, but waiting to see what the warmer weather does
 
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