Removing checkering on a plastic stock

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Hey folks,

I just bought a Savage 10FP. I'd like to get rid of the checkering on the plastic forestock. What's your ideas on how to do that?

Would filing it with some sort of compound followed by sanding and re-paiting work? What kind of compound would work on plastic?

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Thanks,
Radar
 
Just throwing this out there...

I have used Plastex with great success to repair / replace broken plastic parts.
 
bondo wouldnt be my first choice: it is porous, absorbs moisture and will undoubtedly peel or crack on a flexible savage forend.

there are special flexible filler compounds available for repairing plastic bumper shrouds and such - i would look into those instead of bondo. also bonds to plastic much better than bondo.
 
I've got a 12FV. If I were to get rid of the checkering I'd block sand first to get rid of the raised border & level things out, then use Manbearpig's suggestion to fill in the remainder of the checkering. Then just finish sand,prime & paint.
 
My question is why would you want to do that? Seems like a good way to devalue the rifle and it's function.
 
Thanks all for your suggestions.

Manbearpig,

Any ideas if I can find something like that at CDN Tire?

stocker said:
My question is why would you want to do that? Seems like a good way to devalue the rifle and it's function.
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I don't find plastic checkering very pretty. On a nice piece of wood, then yes, it can be gorgeous.

For my rifle I'd like a tactical looking stock, but short of finding one for now I'll just transform mine.
 
I tried this exact same thing with epoxy on a ruger 10/22 stock, it turned out not too bad but you can still tell where the checking was.

To be honest, for the amount of work and hassle it was combined with how it turned out, I'd look at a new stock. The epoxy I used was "Amazing Goop Supermend 2 part Epoxy paste"
 
no clue, where i used to work we just sourced this crap from a supplier, i never bought at the retail level.

you only need a LITTLE bit to skim over that area, and the stuff might not be cheap. your best bet is to take the stock off, walk over to a body shop with it, give the guy $5-10 and ask him to skim it for you with a flexible filler for mending bumper shrouds - not bondo or fibreglass. a bodyman will also do a much better job at applying it and youll end up sanding way, way less if he does it. if someone walked into the shop and asked me to do something like this id have done it for free, because i know the guy would keep the place in mind next time he had to have his car refinished or repaired.

the forend of the Savage stock is so rubbery/flexible that i am worried if you use a hard fill like bondo or fibreglass itll just crack/peel off when the forearm flexes.
 
If you want something that definately won't chip out go with Devcon Plastic Welder (get the SD version if you can find it...it means that it is sandable). You can get it from most industrial supply shops (Gregg Distributors, Acklands, etc.).
 
radarbeam: Nothing about cheap plastic stocks is pretty. However checkering has a function- to prevent your hand from slipping. I do see a lot of guys resorting to those hideous bipods for purposes that don't require them so perhaps they have never learned position shooting - and , never will apparently.
 
radarbeam said:
I don't find plastic checkering very pretty.
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I doubt very much that filling your checkering with some gooey two-part epoxy will visually enhance the visual impact of your plastic checkering.

radarbeam said:
For my rifle I'd like a tactical looking stock
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Oh ....... I thought "tactical" was more about function than fashion. :rolleyes:

Are you expecting a huge wave of sweaty, barbarian communists any time soon? ;)


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My suggestion would be to sand the area smooth and then cover the area with Marine Tex. Start sponging it with paper towel or wacking it with a popsicle stick should give you a nice textured and grippy surface.
 
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