Wood finishing

[Clanchief]

About 90 pence.

 

[SoR]

Shish kebabs a pie round here is nearly 2 quid! !!

 

[PhilS]

About 90 pence.

Badoom tish..........

Oh dear, gets me every time.  :lol:   :lol: :.:  

 

[Iggy]

Thanks for all the replies guys, some great advice here and I'll have a play around at the weekend.

Thanks also for the Matabooboo suggestion......I've just spent 10 minutes googling this and now feel a right knob....

 

[Michael]

Hi folks, I could do with a bit of advice please.

I've had the Prevail for about 8 months now and as a gun to shoot I'm very happy with it indeed.

Having chopped and changed guns like a typical noob for the 18 months prior, I now feel I'm shooting a gun that fits me and to which I feel properly connected when I shoot. Consequently my shooting is (apart from the occasional blip) as good as its ever been by my standards which has obviously been given a large helping hand by the lessons I've been having with Ed as well...

However being a Prevail 1 it has the Xtra Grain finish on the woodwork and despite how positive I feel about all other aspects of the gun, the wood finish has been getting me down to such a degree I've been seriously considering swapping it it for the last few months.

However I've finally seen sense and decided to stick with it for another year or two, carry on learning and hopefully improving and then get something nice in a year or two (health and finances permitting) that can be the 'keeper'. In the meantime though I'd like to improve the woodwork if I can, but having spoken to both GMK as well as several woodwork specialists they all strongly recommend that I don't strip the finish as the base wood will basically be firewood grade and the 'singed on' Xtra Grain will be far better anyway.

Being objective about it I could probably live with the Xtra Grain if I could just do something about the very open grain or pores that are visible all over the stock. I don't know how Beretta finish their stocks on the cheaper models now but it doesnt seem to be that great?

I've done a lot of searching on the web and the only instructions I can find relating to filling grain are as part of a complete re-finish and not as something that can be done after the finish has been applied which is what I need to do if I can't strip the finish and start from scratch.

I've attached 2 photos, one of the stock showing the Xtra Grain effect and another, closer shot showing the open grain that I'd like to fill. I've tried a few applications of CCl Conditioning Oil and similar but it doesn't seem to do anything and I don't know if it would 'fill' the grain anyway?

Any help or suggestions much appreciated as always.

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Wow so that's an open grain finish, I can understand your cries for help. Don't really understand why a top manufacturer would see this as a good look.