wow!! I didnt know that was under there

Very nice, you could work for me.






Tinker2

i used birchwood casey gun stock wax. WOW!! :bow:

You've done a truly impressive piece of work there. First rate. :thumbsup:

Kentuckywindage said:

yeah i will be taking care of the patch box.buttplate,nose piece later on.

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I find it easier & allot less work to seal all the end grain & inlets & RR hole first. If you do it afterwards you have all of this excess finish going over the edges of the wood you have just finished & messing it up. :wink:
Thus you end up working it down again & refinishing it again & rubbing it all out again = the last 3-4-5-6 coats of finish you applied were totally wasted, as the overlap from the finished applied to the inlets will be noticeable unless you are extremely careful. Just food for thought on the next one. :thumbsup:

Some new pics,

Looks great! :thumbsup:

Howdy!

What was your technique for removing the old finish?

Thanks!

James

Very nice renovation. :thumbsup: The stock looks like a piece of Beech wood.
Your finishing job has turned out very well also. :hatsoff:
Congrats.
Dusty :wink:

Sham66 said:

Howdy!

What was your technique for removing the old finish?

Thanks!

James

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Do it - Quick stripper and using the back of my patch knife. Scraped off nice and easy. Used 100 grit sand paper to get some areas clean and then i bleached the stock and 220'd it.