Staining SKS stock?

[fredfiset]

Anyone ever stained a SKS stock - either solid wood or laminate - into some "non-standard" color, like green or blue?

 

[ghostntheshell]

(Barf)

 

[jeringate]

(Barf)

^ I agree!

I am a really big fan of very light stocks though. Like the timbersmith stock! those are ###y on an sks!!!!!

 

[fredfiset]

Well, i think the original stock is better than aftermarket ones but i can't see why it should absolutley looks like every other SKS in the world...

 

[jimbo14]

Never done it, but when stripped, the stock is a medium brown colour. You may need to bleach the wood to get more of the coloured dye to stand out.

Pic of my stock stripped:

The dye will add a green or blue tone to the wood, but won't change the colour of the darker areas much. See what you're up against?

 

[OC-3]

There was a member here that painted it with high end auto body paint (was a body man or sililar) and it look amazing!

 

[fredfiset]

Hum, i see, i thought it was a bit lighter than that. Any red or brown stain will do well but lighter shades...

Are the laminate stock as dark? The one i saw in another post, with an oiled finish, looked lighter.

Was thinking on a "gift" for my cousin, something personnalized - all teenagers want to unique, like all other teenagers...

 

[jimbo14]

Careful with pics on this site. The camera and flash makes a HUGE difference. My pic above was without a flash and is a bit lighter than it appears in person.

I don't know how the colour of laminate stocks compares to a solid wood stock.

 

[hometownhero]

all teenagers want to unique, like all other teenagers...

Then get him a wood stock with blued steel. All the teenagers want is tacticrap everything

 

[shotgun-bob]

custom is cool!!...it's nice when others like your creation, but in the end it really doesn't matter...as long as the owner likes it!!

 

[sixgunonthehip]

I spent a few nights sanding mine down and then stained it with a nice walnut and a couple of coats of sealer and it turned out awesome. It seems to depend on the quality of the stock you get with the rifle. I bought another one and the wood was just crap so I replaced it with a (surpress the flaming) Tapco stock. Now it's a great truck gun.