SKS lamenated stock refinishing suggestions

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armilaria

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I have a little SKS project and looking for stock ideas. Kind of wanted a little color in the grain thinking green which I think would look good with the faint red.

So far I have stripped it with chemical and lightly sanded it. I have some concerns in a few areas it appears that oil has soaked in especially the top hand guard. I was considering lynnseed oil but looking for a little more wow factor.

Thanks
 
For wow factor look at minwax cherry laquar varnish/stain. I did my laminated Russian in it and it gets lots of attention on the firing line. Stuff comes in 1/2 pints at CTC----Dieseldog!
 
I used Krud Kutter and a stiff brush to get the oils and most of the shellac off. A coat of furniture stripper got the rest of the varnish off and then I gave it a rubdown with 0000 steel wool and refinished with 4 coats of Minwax Tung Oil.
 
Had one that i stained black, which came out light and dark grey; the orange glue also appeared red. I finished with 8 coats of pure tung oil to give it some depth. I'll try to find a pic.

Enjoy the re-finish project!
 
I'm in the middle of redoing my hardwood stock of a Russian sks. I stripped the lacquer off with furniture stripper and rubbed down with steel wool. Going to now bake it in the oven to get the cosmoline out sand lightly and possible look into bleaching it lightly to really lighten up the wood. I want to stain it red. Not sure what I should do for a sealer yet
 
Thanks for the replies. What temperature would you bake a stock at? I was thinking a heat gun might be a better option and may try it to get some of the oils out. I am sure the wife would be thrilled to have a stock in the oven lol.
Feel free to send me pics armilaria@hotmail.com. I am still not sure what I will use. Pics might help.

Regards
 
this is what i did for my last sks refinishing:

1) steel wool + krud cutter to get the shelac off and clean out any remaining oils, smooth the finish
2) applied a mix of linseed oil and bitumen (ashpalt will work) - this is what the soviets used originaly on some of thier stocks - the oil soaks into each layer of the wood differently which makes the colour or each layer shift depending on what angle you look at the stock.
3) finish with a spray on laquer.

wish I had pics but i did this for a friend who was very pleased with the results
 
I used oven cleaner then hand rubbed lots of linseed oil and waxed the stock, kids refused to shoot my SKS they said it smells like old people before???

 
armilaria said:
Thanks for the replies. What temperature would you bake a stock at? I was thinking a heat gun might be a better option and may try it to get some of the oils out. I am sure the wife would be thrilled to have a stock in the oven lol.
Feel free to send me pics armilaria@hotmail.com. I am still not sure what I will use. Pics might help.

Regards
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Pretty low from what I was reading. Like 150. If you can get your oven that low. I know mine won't but I can turn it off once it hits 170 and let it cool off briefly and put the stock in.i was going to wrap it in paper and place wax paper under it.
 
I used denatured alcohol (Methyl Hydrate) on a rag and wiped off the shellac from the stock. This removes all the shellac and does a pretty good job of removing the cosmoline as well. I did not sand the stock at all so the cartouches woulds still be intact. Afterwards I used red shellac crystals and dissolved them in Methyl hydrate and once the correct consistency was achieved I applied three light coats to the stock, after the second coat dried I gave the stock a quick rub down with 0000 steel wool.

The result is more or less a new Russian red re-coating
 
I have done all sorts of colors. Blacks, reds, greens, blues, browns, bleached, yellow, etc. You said green so here are some examples of what can be done:

I have used both Minwax stains and wood dyes on ones that I have done









 
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I really like the bottom one. Pretty much exactly what I am looking for. Please let me know what you did. Very nice!!
ljones said:
I have done all sorts of colors. Blacks, reds, greens, blues, browns, bleached, yellow, etc. You said green so here are some examples of what can be done:

I have used both Minwax stains and wood dyes on ones that I have done







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