Stripped wood work

[Greg72]

Hi All and Happy new year

I've stripped my battered wood work on my 12G and I;m not sure what to finish it with any ideas ?

Cheers Greg

 

[Skeet UK]

Helloo!

So what do you have and what have you done to the wood?  Is it a nice bit if wood?  Any ideas as to what you might do with it?

 

[Jeremy Baker]

Walnut oil

 

[Greg72]

I've sanded down all of the wood on my 12G O/U and not sure what to do now varnish, wax or oil

 

[teepee1234]

Don't varnish it, that's sacreligous!  As Jem said, walnut oil will bring it up nicely.

(assuming it's a nice bit of walnut to start with!)

 

[ianmaney]

I personally prefer laquer ?

 

[Will Hewland]

If the grain is open, you will be there for a year applying oil. Napier do a stock finishing kit, containing grain filler. You need that..

 

[KR24]

I have recently bought a second hand grade 1 MK38 trap with lacquered wood which I'd like to restore. So, Napier stock finishing kit, thanks Mr Clever but what is the best product/method of lacquer removal???

Sorry for the hijack.

 

[Skeet UK]

I have recently bought a second hand grade 1 MK38 trap with lacquered wood which I'd like to restore. So, Napier stock finishing kit, thanks Mr Clever but what is the best product/method of lacquer removal???

Sorry for the hijack.

Nitromors

 

[Salopian]

An oil finish is the traditional way to go, it is time consuming but pleasing to the eye if done correctly.

You can seal the grain using varnish, allowed to soak deeply into the wood (thin the varnish to a watery consistency) once dry sand back and then commence applying oil finish, a little but often, to do it properly normally takes about 4-6 weeks.

I actually have the formula for Purdey's famous slacum oil finish.

Similar oil kits can be bought from gunshops, Michael Smart's 'Trade Secrets' is one I can recommend, CCL is another, good but not quite as good in my opinion as Trade Secrets.

Napier London Gun Finish is a modern quick finish, very good but contains polymers (varnish) to quicken drying time.

If you are really keen you can go on www,doublegunshop.com look up 'Salopian's Slacum finish', it is all there telling you how to do it and make one of my concoctions.

Any problems send me a message.

Take your time, it will be well worth it, especially if your wood has any figure.

 

[Will Hewland]

An oil finish is the traditional way to go, it is time consuming but pleasing to the eye if done correctly.

You can seal the grain using varnish, allowed to soak deeply into the wood (thin the varnish to a watery consistency) once dry sand back and then commence applying oil finish, a little but often, to do it properly normally takes about 4-6 weeks.

I actually have the formula for Purdey's famous slacum oil finish.

Similar oil kits can be bought from gunshops, Michael Smart's 'Trade Secrets' is one I can recommend, CCL is another, good but not quite as good in my opinion as Trade Secrets.

Napier London Gun Finish is a modern quick finish, very good but contains polymers (varnish) to quicken drying time.

If you are really keen you can go on www,doublegunshop.com look up 'Salopian's Slacum finish', it is all there telling you how to do it and make one of my concoctions.

Any problems send me a message.

Take your time, it will be well worth it, especially if your wood has any figure.

He's probably right, but my background is motor sport. My idea of a long time is 6 hours, not 6 weeks. Might be why my stock looks OK rather than lovely..

 

[KR24]

Brilliant, many thanks.

 

[Salopian]

' He's probably right, but my background is motor sport. My idea of a long time is 6 hours, not 6 weeks. '

Will, you are obviously too young to remember Mercedes's draught from pre-war Donnington Silver Arrows, to Niki's recent GP win or Ferrari's draught after Gilles's death. Considerably longer than 6 weeks!    

Be patient, it will pay dividends.

 

[Westward]

I think what salopian is really trying to say is that there's a lot more to an oil finish than deciding to do it because it's a wet afternoon and you need an indoors job. :wink:

There's a hell of a lot more to it than slapping oil on to a freshly sanded stock. Unless you're prepared for a long (months), tedious learning curve with several re-strip and re-start scenarios along the way, I'd suggest you stick with either lacquer or an in between finish like Tru-Oil. Patience isn't just a virtue with oiling a stock, it's absolutely paramount.

 

[Michael]

' He's probably right, but my background is motor sport. My idea of a long time is 6 hours, not 6 weeks. '

Will, you are obviously too young to remember Mercedes's draught from pre-war Donnington Silver Arrows, to Niki's recent GP win or Ferrari's draught after Gilles's death. Considerably longer than 6 weeks!    

Be patient, it will pay dividends.

6 tenths of a second is night & day in motorsport, I have some brilliant stuff here for virgin wood CCL gunstock conditioning oil.

It has my wifes silver pigeon looking fantastic, they also market other gun stuff products. Any good gunshop will have it. Hapy new year everybody.

 

[BenW]

Someone should do a video when they next refinish a stock.

 

[ips]

laquer or varnish looks horrible IMO only one finish for a stock and thats oil. Its not that hard to do and start to finish about 2 weeks you could take longer but a good result can be achieved in 2 weeks a full day to sand down and prepare then 30 mins to 1hr per night. Rapid oil IMO is the best followed by a burnishing cream, no need there days for red root, hardner and rubbing compound.

 

[RobertBeard]

For those of us who have not stripped our stocks and forends how do we know what sort of finish we have already i.e. oil, varnish or lacquer so that we can care for it with the right stuff.

For example I have a new Beretta 686 e but don't know what the stock finish is.  To date I have applied a little beeswax and buffed it up.

The GMK site says one should be using a stock conditioning oil but presumably not if varnished or lacquered.

 

[ips]

Should be able to tell if its lacquered, I would think a 686 will be oil finished I certainly have never had a beretta anything else. They did the original 682 gold E lacquered as USA market demans it but quickly realised we thought it was cack so changed back to oil finish for UK. So unless your 686 is very old or been tampered with by previous owner then good news you have oil