Mosin Bubba
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I've lurked here for a bit, but have never posted a thread, so if this is the wrong place for this, I apologize.
Anyway, I am new to gun refinishing. I just started doing this a few months ago, and have redone a surplus Mauser and Mosin-Nagant that came out pretty well. I felt confident enough to do a Winchester 190 that I got from a pawn shop awhile back that had been sanded down but never finished.
Since it looked pretty well sanded by its original owner, I just hit it with 220 grit paper. When that was done, the stock was blond and it looked very nice and even. The wood is birch, so I rubbed in a sealer coat of varnish to help prevent blotching, and then I hit it with some Minwax oil stain. The stain rubbed right off the sides and would not penetrate whatsoever. So I re-sanded the gun back down to the bare wood again, and this time I used some Minwax pre-stain conditioner. The stain took, but it came out very blotchy and uneven.
So now that I've screwed this thing up twice, I think it's time that I get some advice before things really get messy. Should I try a few more coats of stain and see if the color evens out? Do I need to try a different kind of stain/coloring? Strip it and try it again? Live with it and try not to make things worse?
Any help is appreciated, or a point towards the right direction if this isn't the right place.
Anyway, I am new to gun refinishing. I just started doing this a few months ago, and have redone a surplus Mauser and Mosin-Nagant that came out pretty well. I felt confident enough to do a Winchester 190 that I got from a pawn shop awhile back that had been sanded down but never finished.
Since it looked pretty well sanded by its original owner, I just hit it with 220 grit paper. When that was done, the stock was blond and it looked very nice and even. The wood is birch, so I rubbed in a sealer coat of varnish to help prevent blotching, and then I hit it with some Minwax oil stain. The stain rubbed right off the sides and would not penetrate whatsoever. So I re-sanded the gun back down to the bare wood again, and this time I used some Minwax pre-stain conditioner. The stain took, but it came out very blotchy and uneven.
So now that I've screwed this thing up twice, I think it's time that I get some advice before things really get messy. Should I try a few more coats of stain and see if the color evens out? Do I need to try a different kind of stain/coloring? Strip it and try it again? Live with it and try not to make things worse?
Any help is appreciated, or a point towards the right direction if this isn't the right place.