refinishing for newbie's by a newbie

[boots-]

so i refinished all the wood on my truck gun today. its a single shot 12 ga. i took step buy step pictures and thought id put them up.

the problem area's

broken down to just the wood

the stripper i used

basicly this stuff has the consistency of egg whites. you paint it over the whole area and then you scrape the finnish off with a scraper. this will remove the varnish but not the stain.

buy the way dont use a foam brush they dont last at all

with no more varnish just teh stain still on the wood.

then on to sand paper first 150 grit then 220

unsanded side

sanded side

the finish i decided to use. it was cheap and quite easy to work with

after 3 coats

finished

 

[mosinmaster]

Good effort. You can see in your last picture where there was still oil in the stock from where your hands grip the pistol grip. Next time, try to flush all that out before staining or oiling.

 

[Winchested]

You need to put a darker stain on to hide all the nasty dark spots.

 

[REM3200]

Stay away from sandpaper. Coarse steel wool to wipe of the stripper and then very fine steel wool to rub down the stock.

As mentioned a darker stain is needed like walnut or red mahogony.

You don't mention sealing the wood after the stain. Should get your self some Tru Oil and add three coats.

I'd chaulk it up to experience and strip it again and go with the darker stain and then Tru oil.

 

[dutchyn1000]

Sandpaper is fine if you want to remove some of the marks, steaming also works quite well. He shouldn't need to seal it with the minwax wood finish... it stains and seals in one. It is actually quite a nice product; used it on some furniture before.

 

[mosinmaster]

Or just simple BLO with a sealer afterwards like paste wax. But the prep is most important, strip it good.

 

[gunsaholic]

I would strip it again. Soak the wrist area of the stock in acetone for a day or two to help draw the oil out. Then stain the stock although the hardwood stock might be difficult to get an even stain. Make sure the stain has cured ( not just dry). Then apply a few coats of tru oil.

 

[boots-]

thanks for the info. i didnt know that you could use acitone to pull the oil out of the stock. it looks a lot darker in the pictures thank in real life. all in all it took me about 4 hours and im happy with the results given the time/money. it is just my truck gun and will be bouncing around a lot. i basicly just refinished to remove the chipping clear coat.

REM3200 how is steel wool going to be different than sand paper? wont they both be removing material in pretty much the same way?