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stock refinishing

saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 2009 in Ask the Experts
Any ideas on getting oil out of an older gun stock. I was refinishing a Rem. 1100 and when I stripped the stock,oil keeps bleeding out near the receiver end. I guess the guy that owned it before soaked it in oil!!!!! What about denatured alcohol??? HELP!!!!!
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  • saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a savage 67F in 12 gauge and I want to refinish the stock but I don't know for sure how to take the stock off and I don't want to tear into it and have piece flying all over any help would be great thanks[:p]
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  • saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am going to refinish a stock that is checkered. How do I keep from getting too much finish (tru-oil) in the checkered areas or am I concerned when I shouldn't be? Thanks, Ken inOregon
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  • saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    last stock i refinished was a winchester lever action and i just used oil and a wax finish. turned out great, this rifle i want more of a shine to it. about the only products i know are varnish, spar varnish orpolyutherane (don't think i spelled that right) what do other gb members think
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  • saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I saw a post on here that made me remember this question. I have a Rem 1187 "Special Purpose" with the parkerized finish. IMO it's not all that pretty a gun, especially because the wood finish is pretty worn. I've thought about refinishing the wood. I'm pretty handy with wood, but never done a stock. I've been told if I sand off the finish I wont be happy with what's underneath because it is a "fake grain finish" and the wood itself has no grain. It's not a walnut stock. Any truth to this? How do you get around it? This is a gun I could experiment with, but I'd like it to at least come out looking better than it started.
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  • brier-49brier-49 Member Posts: 7,103 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get some Parks Furniture Refinisher and follow the directions. If you can't find Parks Formbys works but costs more.
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  • mrbrucemrbruce Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    More than likely the wood is Birch, and by itself is not nice to look at, but gets the job done.
    I would hunt up a Walnut set before I would fool around with trying to make a Birch stock set look good. If it's a money thing, have right at it.
    I would even consider doing a camo paint job on it before refinishing it... Some of them look really sharp with leaves and things like that applied to the wood before painting....
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  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by saserby
    I saw a post on here that made me remember this question. I have a Rem 1187 "Special Purpose" with the parkerized finish. IMO it's not all that pretty a gun, especially because the wood finish is pretty worn. I've thought about refinishing the wood. I'm pretty handy with wood, but never done a stock. I've been told if I sand off the finish I wont be happy with what's underneath because it is a "fake grain finish" and the wood itself has no grain. It's not a walnut stock. Any truth to this? How do you get around it? This is a gun I could experiment with, but I'd like it to at least come out looking better than it started.


    Wood grows in the ground. It *can't* have "no grain", though its certainly true that certain types of wood have far less attractive grain patterns than others, and lower end woods can look pretty bland.

    Even without a nice grain pattern, a nicely stained and finished piece of wood can still look pretty good, and will probably look nicer than one with a really beat-up finish and a "fake" grain pattern.

    I'd say just go for it. You might be surprised at the results.
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  • RocklobsterRocklobster Member Posts: 7,060 ✭
    edited November -1
    Take a look at this. It will bring out the best in any piece of wood without an exorbitant amount of work.
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  • ern98ern98 Member Posts: 1,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The suggestion to buy a nice walnut set is a good one. But, if you want to mess with what you have then my 2 cents would be to go at it with some fine steel wool and see if you can even the finsh out. Chances are the bulk of the damage is in the clear coat which you then reapply with your choice of finishes. If you have any dents and dings you can try steaming them to raise them back up but I'd personally leave them alone because if you get past the finish you will be trying to do touch up and it will probably not be happy with the results. You might want to pull the forestock and sand a little on the inside surface to see what the wood really is, you might get lucky and it will be walnut. Good luck with it.......
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe all wood on the 1187s is WALNUT,,at least he 6 or so that I have had..mm8nambu
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