Gun stock refinishing?

[Grand Torino]

Way to go!!!! Nice job...it looks great!!!

[bigun]

Man that looks great. You would never know it was your first time.

[Quavodus]

You did real good. 

[Wade195]

Thank you all.
You all are too kind.

This is 

[gregintenn]

Looks great to me, Wade. Beats the hell outta paying somebody else to do it.

Rub it gently with 0000 steel wool and call it good.

[Handsome Rob]

Looks great Doug! The stock sheen/ conditioner will knock down a lot of the gloss. You'll need to go slow & steady with very little pressure & probably 5 or 6 applications, but it'll take less than an hour. It smooths everything out beautifully too. Do small areas, then blend it all in in large sections. 

You think it feels nice now, just wait! Night & day difference.  You'll be honestly astonished at how many of those teeny tiny flaws you're not 100% happy with, just disappear.

Edited November 30, 2020 by Handsome Rob

[Wade195]

You were absolutely correct Rob.

The conditioner put it where I am okay with it.

Here are a few pictures of it together.

I am not sure how am going to top it off yet? Or maybe trade it off?

Doug

[Quavodus]

Looks great.

[Wade195]

You were absolutely correct Rob.

The conditioner put it where I am okay with it.

Here are a few pictures of it together.

I am not sure how am going to top it off yet? Or maybe trade it off?

Doug

[Wade195]

Thank you.

 

[stealthgoat]

great job Wade, that looks really good!   what is the rifle? 

[Wade195]

It is a Ruger 77 in 308. 

The finish on the rest of the rifle is very nice in my opinion.

Just the stock had some dings and scratches.

Will make a fine deer rifle I think?

 

[stealthgoat]

absolutely makes a fine deer rifle - not much you couldn't hunt in North America with that. 

[Wade195]

We shall see.

Blessings

[gregintenn]

That’ll make a good anything rifle. Great job on the stock!

[Wade195]

I ordered a leupold vx3i 2.5-8 scope for it?

I am hoping it will make a good combo?

[gregintenn]

On 12/5/2020 at 3:02 PM, Wade195 said:

I ordered a leupold vx3i 2.5-8 scope for it?

I am hoping it will make a good combo?

Absolutely.

[10-Ring]

On 10/20/2020 at 8:02 PM, Handsome Rob said:

It's actually not difficult, just time consuming. Even with Tru-oil, you really need to wait 24hrs between coats, sand down between every coat. You need to wet sand the first few applications to fill the grain & after 15 or so coats/days, you need to leave it 10-14 days before you can polish the gloss back to a nice satin sheen. The stock I just posted was 28 coats & is literally as smooth as glass now, but it took a lot of work. 

It took a lot longer, because my initial batch of finishing oil was contaminated & after 26 applications, it would no longer cure. I had to strip it all & start from scratch. I was heartbroken.....

I'm getting ready to do one.  Not my first, but I'm always looking to improve my skills.  What grit are you sending with between coats?

[Wade195]

I used the 0000 steel wool on mine. And went very lightly and slowly.

Just as I was instructed by everyone here.

In my humble opinion it went well.

The hardest thing for me was to not get in a rush.

My worst enemy is my impatience.