Refinish Midas Grade Browning
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oldatheart
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Not that this should follow work like that but I am refinishing my sx1 right now. It had deep scratches and dents. Much better now.
35 shooter
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That is a drop dead beautiful stock and finish. I'm a sucker for a good looking wood stock
and have bought guns in the past i really didn't want or need just because of the piece of wood that came on them lol!
and have bought guns in the past i really didn't want or need just because of the piece of wood that came on them lol!
smokeywolf
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Ben, I need to clean a little hazing off of this... 
Was thinking Liberon 0000 steel wool and Murphy's Oil Soap. Not sure and am not big on guessing. What say you?
Beautiful job on your stock. I really like the stocks on rifles to look like fine furniture.
Was thinking Liberon 0000 steel wool and Murphy's Oil Soap. Not sure and am not big on guessing. What say you?Beautiful job on your stock. I really like the stocks on rifles to look like fine furniture.
Pistolero
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Ben,
That wood is gorgeous. You say you are an "oil finish" guy - now is that something like
Lin-Speed, which I THINK, has some sort of varnish mixed with oil or literally just
boiled linseed and/or tung oil?
I have gotten some really nice finishes with Watco Danish Oil finish, but I would love to
know more about your process. Of course, if it is your trade secret, I would sure
understand that view, too.
That wood is gorgeous. You say you are an "oil finish" guy - now is that something like
Lin-Speed, which I THINK, has some sort of varnish mixed with oil or literally just
boiled linseed and/or tung oil?
I have gotten some really nice finishes with Watco Danish Oil finish, but I would love to
know more about your process. Of course, if it is your trade secret, I would sure
understand that view, too.
Pistolero,
Wish I could be of more help but I use a proprietary mixture and don't reveal the exact mixture of components that are in my stock finish.
Sorry.............but I'll say this, you choice of Watco puts you on the right track. A bit slow in drying, but it is capable of producing a fine finish on a gun stock.
Ben
Wish I could be of more help but I use a proprietary mixture and don't reveal the exact mixture of components that are in my stock finish.
Sorry.............but I'll say this, you choice of Watco puts you on the right track. A bit slow in drying, but it is capable of producing a fine finish on a gun stock.
Ben
Pistolero
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I have a Browning Citori shotgun that I plan on selling and it has a few stock
"issues". Is the original finish some mystical poly-magic that will be impossible to
remove, or will it clean off with an ordinary paint stripper? Not sure I want to
tackle it, but if the old stuff will come off without hysterical efforts, I might refinish
it before selling. It kinda reminds me of the stuff on a Remington 700 which I am
guessing is really tough to remove, to the point that I have lived with a Rem 700
with a locally butchered comb that I bought that way, just didn't want to tackle
the plastic super gloss finish. Are they kinda the same stuff? Really don't know
a thing about removing old 'modern finishes'.
Any opinion?
Bill
"issues". Is the original finish some mystical poly-magic that will be impossible to
remove, or will it clean off with an ordinary paint stripper? Not sure I want to
tackle it, but if the old stuff will come off without hysterical efforts, I might refinish
it before selling. It kinda reminds me of the stuff on a Remington 700 which I am
guessing is really tough to remove, to the point that I have lived with a Rem 700
with a locally butchered comb that I bought that way, just didn't want to tackle
the plastic super gloss finish. Are they kinda the same stuff? Really don't know
a thing about removing old 'modern finishes'.
Any opinion?
Bill
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
OK, then I am sticking with my original opinion. The new owner of the Citori
will have a few minor dings in the finish! It will stay as is.
Thanks for the clarification, and I had heard that these finishes were a double
b____ to remove, sounds like it is true. The "getting it out of the checkering"
was the final spike in that idea!
I may someday do the Rem 700, as the comb butcher job is only slightly better than
literally done with a hatchet (somehow the previous owner needed to remove about
1/2" from the front edge of the comb? With a wood chisel or similar tool and NO
touchup afterwards.) The rifle shoots very well, but I have just left the comb damage
due to the issues with that "bulletproof" finish. As long as I don't touch it, I can
claim that it isn't my fault. As soon as I tackle it, it becomes my work and I am
fairly picky, so it will have to be done right, and the time was never right. ;-)
will have a few minor dings in the finish! It will stay as is.
Thanks for the clarification, and I had heard that these finishes were a double
b____ to remove, sounds like it is true. The "getting it out of the checkering"
was the final spike in that idea!
I may someday do the Rem 700, as the comb butcher job is only slightly better than
literally done with a hatchet (somehow the previous owner needed to remove about
1/2" from the front edge of the comb? With a wood chisel or similar tool and NO
touchup afterwards.) The rifle shoots very well, but I have just left the comb damage
due to the issues with that "bulletproof" finish. As long as I don't touch it, I can
claim that it isn't my fault. As soon as I tackle it, it becomes my work and I am
fairly picky, so it will have to be done right, and the time was never right. ;-)
