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stock finish Q?

hissinggoosehissinggoose Member Posts: 763 ✭✭✭✭
edited April 2008 in Ask the Experts
Well, it's been raining for a week here, so I decided I need to dress up my war-wh@re AK. I've stripped the finish, re-stained, and have four coats of high-gloss tung oil on it so far. I'm thinking of putting about ten or so coats on it to make her purty.
My question is, after all the tung oil, is there any additional finish I need to put on it....wood wax, poly, I'm stumped. Or, should I just leave it alone after the oil. This is my first stock-refinishing project.
I'm going for a high-gloss (think Browning shiny) finish.
Any suggestions?
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Is this straight tung oil? If so you wont get that browning on the wood finish without getting a varnish or polyurethane finish on it. I have actually used Tru Oil and Formby's tung oil varnish before with good results. Tru Oil builds better and is more forgiving.
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  • hissinggoosehissinggoose Member Posts: 763 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Using straight high gloss tung oil from "Formby's".....first time using this stuff. Got a nice looking finish on it as it sits now, just trying to get it glossier. Why, I don't know......[:D]
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  • greystonegreystone Member Posts: 194 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just finished another stock using Formbys and it turned out very nice. The key-as with any finishing-is surface preparation. I sanded this stock to 600 grit doing grain filling along the way. Then at least 6or7-I didn't count-hand rubbed coats of Formby's. It looks and feels really good.. I'm not saying that Formby's is the best just that the surface prep is the key. a good finish can take several weeks. Dave
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  • trapguy2007trapguy2007 Member Posts: 8,959
    edited November -1
    This has worked for me on shotgun stocks .
    50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and rottenstone.
    Make a paste and use soft cloth with paste to rub out finish .
    Careful not to cut through finish .
    Be sure to use boiled linseed oil !
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 on what trapguy said, rottenstone and BOILED linseed oil works like rubbung compound for stock finish, also helps bring old stocks back to life.
    For what it's worth.
    W.D.
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,459 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    just redid a browning with true oil, they have there own product called sheen and conditioner that you use after the true oil sets up good 24 hours I think it was after your last coat. I think you can use plain old car wax to do the same thing if you want a high gloss. I buffed mine out with car buffer just dry over the true oil few days later shined up good, not the real high gloss glass look, but a good shine.
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