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Posted: 12/3/2010 5:55:57 PM EDT
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Sometime ago I acquired a Stevens model 67 from my late stepfather. The blueing isnt in the best of shape and the wood looks just...yuck? The gun shoots fantastic and has a super smooth action. Im wanting to treat this thing right because he thought enough of me to include me in his will and gift me this priceless firearm (to me). Im thinking of having the metal re-blued professionally (maybe polished then blued?) but I want to do the wood myself. The finish on the wood is a deep dark brown and you can barely makeout any grain, its very dark translucent, almost opague. I want to strip it down, finish it in a medium brown, not dark, not light, and a nice gloss. I dont want to go sanding too much on it as I dont want to lose any definition to the wood around where the stock meets the receiver. Is there a better method, a stripper that wont harm the wood? The forearm is the old "police" style with the ribs in it and Im afraid I would lose definition trying to sand out the grooves.
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It probably has a poly finish on it, just remember that when you strip it it will need to be stained if you want that dark brown color again. I redid a old springfield 120A a year ago, stripped off the nasty old poly with hornsbys furniture restorer/stripper, steamed out the dents, hit it with some bronze wool, and hand rubbed 5 coats of BLO cut 50% with mineral spirits followed by undiluted BLO thereafter. I now just rub a coat on every 6 months or so Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I can try to get you pics of it later, my computer died on me last week and I am fighting with HP for them to send me a damn recovery disc. The 120A I refinished had some striping under the nasty finish. The BLO really helped to bring it out, but not to the point where it overpowers the look of the rifle. I wish I had some before pics of it, because it looked like shit lol. IIRC I didn't sand the stock at all, I just hit it with bronze wool after steaming out the dents to smooth out the feathers that get raised up by the steam. Let it sit 24 to 48 hours after that in a dry area just to be sure the moisture is out of the wood. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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