Hello, I have been browsing THR for years but just signed up.
I got the idea tat I wanted to refinish my wood stock for my mini 30. I planned on using some Fairtrimmers and Tung Oil as well as Howards feed and wax to seal it.
I have refinished a couple of other guns, AK and Mosin, they came out well. But I am very much a novice.
I wanted to refinish as the existing finish looked horrendous. So first step I stripped the stock using a natural soy stripper. The finish came off pretty easily, but I noticed this blotchyness still there that I had figured was from the original finish, it was still apparent. I stripped it a second time, then come to realize I think this is the grain pattern of the wood used for the stock.
Thinking to myself, no piece of wood could possibly be this ugly. I read of a stock cleaning mix which I tried. 4oz Denatured Alcohol, 4oz Turpentine, 1 oz Ammonia. ( I left out the BLO as I want to use the fairtirmmers). I have scrubbed and scrubbed this stock with the cleaning solution and a nylon brush 6 times and don't see much progress.
Attached are pics of the stock. I have not sanded as of yet. I have a feeling this is gonna be just as ugly as when it started when I finally add the oil finish.
Just looking for any advice if I should continue to try and clean with the solution, or sand it down a bit to see if this gets any better, or just conclude this is an ugly piece of wood that will never turn out looking how I want it?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
I got the idea tat I wanted to refinish my wood stock for my mini 30. I planned on using some Fairtrimmers and Tung Oil as well as Howards feed and wax to seal it.
I have refinished a couple of other guns, AK and Mosin, they came out well. But I am very much a novice.
I wanted to refinish as the existing finish looked horrendous. So first step I stripped the stock using a natural soy stripper. The finish came off pretty easily, but I noticed this blotchyness still there that I had figured was from the original finish, it was still apparent. I stripped it a second time, then come to realize I think this is the grain pattern of the wood used for the stock.
Thinking to myself, no piece of wood could possibly be this ugly. I read of a stock cleaning mix which I tried. 4oz Denatured Alcohol, 4oz Turpentine, 1 oz Ammonia. ( I left out the BLO as I want to use the fairtirmmers). I have scrubbed and scrubbed this stock with the cleaning solution and a nylon brush 6 times and don't see much progress.
Attached are pics of the stock. I have not sanded as of yet. I have a feeling this is gonna be just as ugly as when it started when I finally add the oil finish.
Just looking for any advice if I should continue to try and clean with the solution, or sand it down a bit to see if this gets any better, or just conclude this is an ugly piece of wood that will never turn out looking how I want it?
Thanks in advance for your responses.