I'm working on refinishing the wood on a Taurus .22 rifle. I stained the wood with one of the Birchwood Casey gun stock refinishing kits, but it came out too dark and looked like crap. I need to start over. The stain is water based. I've used Easy Off oven cleaner on the wood and it took some of the stain off, but there is still a lot left. Is there a better way, or should I just keep applying the Easy Off?
Best way to remove water based stain?
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rcmodel
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You might try bleaching it with chlorine laundry bleach.
Once the stain is down in the soft-wood grain, it don't come out without a fight!
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Once the stain is down in the soft-wood grain, it don't come out without a fight!
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Here's the facts on bleaching wood.
There are methods of lightening the natural color of wood, and methods of "removing" a stain.
In you're case you need the swimming pool bleach:
http://antiquerestorers.com/Articles/jeff/using_wood_bleach.htm
There are methods of lightening the natural color of wood, and methods of "removing" a stain.
In you're case you need the swimming pool bleach:
http://antiquerestorers.com/Articles/jeff/using_wood_bleach.htm
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You could also try a deck stain remover with oxalyc acid in it. It seems to be effective on deck wood.
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I'd stick with chlorine bleach.
I don't know what Oxalyc Acid is, but it might cause rusty gun syndrome on down the line!
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I don't know what Oxalyc Acid is, but it might cause rusty gun syndrome on down the line!
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Thanks for the suggestions.
What a pain in the ass this project has turned out to be. Here I am trying to mess around repairing the wood on a friggin 200 dollar .22 and going through this headache. All this because the seller of the gun lied about the condition of the wood when I bought the damn thing over the net.
Taurus wants, and I kid you not, $200 for a set of replacement wood for the rifle.
I told the lady from Taurus on the phone that the rifle itself is barely worth that.
I think I might start looking around in the aftermarket for some new wood for the gun. Since the gun is basically a copy of the Winchester 62A I'm hoping some good aftermarket wood exists for a reasonable price and will fit the Taurus. The Taurus wood is crap anyway and isn't even fit for the fireplace.
What a pain in the ass this project has turned out to be. Here I am trying to mess around repairing the wood on a friggin 200 dollar .22 and going through this headache. All this because the seller of the gun lied about the condition of the wood when I bought the damn thing over the net.
Taurus wants, and I kid you not, $200 for a set of replacement wood for the rifle.
I told the lady from Taurus on the phone that the rifle itself is barely worth that.
I think I might start looking around in the aftermarket for some new wood for the gun. Since the gun is basically a copy of the Winchester 62A I'm hoping some good aftermarket wood exists for a reasonable price and will fit the Taurus. The Taurus wood is crap anyway and isn't even fit for the fireplace.
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Oxalic acid is a mild bleach used to lighten the natural color of wood, and to clean new leather prior dyeing.
It WILL NOT remove stains or dyes from wood.
Repeat, to "remove" dye from wood you need a chlorine bleach, but standard household bleach is not strong enough and takes way to long to work.
By the time it does, the wood is waterlogged.
Get the swimming pool chemical and follow the directions on the above site to make up a super-strong saturated bleach that will work much faster and prevent water logging.
Currently, I don't know of anyone making wood to fit the Taurus. The Taurus is NOT an exact copy of the old Winchester, and Winchester wood may well NOT fit.
It WILL NOT remove stains or dyes from wood.
Repeat, to "remove" dye from wood you need a chlorine bleach, but standard household bleach is not strong enough and takes way to long to work.
By the time it does, the wood is waterlogged.
Get the swimming pool chemical and follow the directions on the above site to make up a super-strong saturated bleach that will work much faster and prevent water logging.
Currently, I don't know of anyone making wood to fit the Taurus. The Taurus is NOT an exact copy of the old Winchester, and Winchester wood may well NOT fit.
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