Help; I think I damaged the wood on my sks
- Thread starter trubluscrew
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- Steel Town and The Peg
Throw out an SKS because the wood is slightly fogged up? Give me a break guys!
- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
Check here:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576590
In short, buy a container of Circa 1850 Heavy Body Paint and Varnish Remover to strip that ugly factory/refurb shellac coat (easy job, just do it under well ventilated conditions), and a container of Circa 1850 Tung Oil. Easy to apply. Just read the instructions and have at it !! Russian (arctic) birch and Chu-wood have lots of potential. BTW, you may need to lightly sand to take out some of the surface imperfections (recommended).
...and your handguard can look like this:
trubluscrew
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
The Kurgan--Thank you for posting. She's beautiful. I just might have to do the tung oil thing.
I was idle at home last night, so I tried using a little rubbing alcohol and a paper towel on it. I just rubbed it for about 20-30 seconds and threw it back into my safe (I have a golden rod heater, so it's slightly warmer inside the safe then the ambient air). This morning I opened up my safe and this is what she looks like. It's not perfect, but not milky/hazy.
I was idle at home last night, so I tried using a little rubbing alcohol and a paper towel on it. I just rubbed it for about 20-30 seconds and threw it back into my safe (I have a golden rod heater, so it's slightly warmer inside the safe then the ambient air). This morning I opened up my safe and this is what she looks like. It's not perfect, but not milky/hazy.
P.S. All clear shellac coated wood will turn a milky color when water gets into the wood. That is why Tung Oil I always recomend cause instead of like shellac were it sits on top of the wood Tung Oil penitrates the wood and bond's. Also if you apply enough tung oil the wood can float on water for some time and dosn't get effected by worldly stuff like change in pressure or humidity/rain compared to a shellac wood.
Just some food for thought.
Just some food for thought.
trubluscrew
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
The Russian shellac is very robust good job on the clean up but next trip out to the range don't complain if the carbon sticks to the wood. Although if you put another coat of shellac the black soot will just wipe off.
Good to know, thank you for posting. I can see myself getting mad, if I didn't have the heads up.
Check here:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576590
In short, buy a container of Circa 1850 Heavy Body Paint and Varnish Remover to strip that ugly factory/refurb shellac coat (easy job, just do it under well ventilated conditions), and a container of Circa 1850 Tung Oil. Easy to apply. Just read the instructions and have at it !! Russian (arctic) birch and Chu-wood have lots of potential. BTW, you may need to lightly sand to take out some of the surface imperfections (recommended).
...and your handguard can look like this:
Wow, that looks awesome! But that is Russian laminate not Chu-wood correct? I'm thinking about doing my Norinco after seeing that. Got any pics of a Chinese one?
