chawbeef
40 Cal.
I am getting ready to stain my Lancaster with Aqua Fortis and am wondering if others stain the complete stock including the barrel channel, lock mortise and side plate mortise??........................Daniel
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Using aqua fortis
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I do, and apply finish to all parts of the stock whether or not they are visible...
Hi Daniel,
I just use the nitric on the edges of the barrel channel, and don't do the mortise or sidplate areas.
All the best,
Rich.
I just use the nitric on the edges of the barrel channel, and don't do the mortise or sidplate areas.
All the best,
Rich.
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Hi Daniel,
Mortices, barrel channels and any other location not seen usually were not stained on original guns. Despite that, I often stain the lock mortice for the simple reason that I always accidently splash a little stain into the lock mortice and the splatter looks like hell. Since the lock is often removed for cleaning, I hate anyone seeing my mess. However, with aqua fortis, I try to avoid doing that because when blushing it with heat, it is really easy to char wood in the lock mortice or any recess.
dave
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I don't and neither did the old timers. The old timers didn't put finish on anywhere except the outside of the stock either.
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I do too, but as others have said, you really don't have to. But as to finish, yes definitely. Wood that is only finished on one side has a tendency to move a great deal more on the unfinished side than the finished side. Have you ever seen a boar that has cupped? You know what I mean. That said, it doesn't need multiple coat on the interior. Just enough to seal it from disproportionate movement relative to the outside part. That said, 2 coats WILL give you a better seal than one, and 3 more than 2, but it's something of a law of diminishing returns too. But, by ALL means make sure you seal the end grain parts, particularly the butt area.
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I have had a lot of antique guns apart and NONE of them have had finish on interior surfaces and they have survived several hundred years. Also, cupping of a board happens because of how it is cut from the log, it will cup whether you have no finish, finish on one side or finish on both sides. Cupping generally happens during the drying process. I've seen cupped gunstocks blanks too.
Your gunstock is going to expand and contract with the humidity no matter how many coats of finish you have on it or in it.
I give the lock mortise and any undied areas some linseed oil, but it isn't finished like the stock exterior.
