Stripping a varnished stock and oiling it

[magman]

Had a day to myself today wife out and had a day to kill , so took the stock and for end of the beretta .

Always strip varnish off the stocks i do with a stanley knife blade , sounds harsh but it works well

 

Stock and for end before i started

 

 

For end stripped of varnish

 

 

Stock and for end stripped of varnish

 

 

Gone over again with a stanley blade and sanded using 280 wet and dry 3 times wet and dried with hair dryer . then again 4 times with 400 wet and dry .

 

 

Stained with birchwood casey walnut stain and left till tomorrow

 

 

Chequering was cleaned with a small brass brush as seen in pic .

Will update with pics as it happens

 

Hope this helps someone

[JonD]

Nice job! Looking forward to seeing the job as it progresses

 

I have a single barrle hammer gun awaiting the same treatment in the cabinet... once i figure out how to separate the stock and action.

 

Jon.

[Montefeltro]

Fantastic, I look forward to seeing the results. Interesting technique using the Stanley blade, can I assuming that the blade is scraped perpendicular to the wood so it kinda ‘scrapes’ the varnish off as apposed to literally cutting the varnish off? Is it best to scrape the varnish off compared to a stripper like Nitromores?

 

With regard to the checkering, how do you remove the old varnish, is checkering varnished? Also when you re-oil the stock/forend do you oil the checkering too or leave that in its original state?

 

What you have done here is something I would love to have a go at but I don’t have the balls to do it on a gun in case I get it wrong and do irreparable damage I suppose if I bought an old ****tta of a gun for £50 it could be worth a punt.

 

Keep up the good work

[magman]

assuming that the blade is scraped perpendicular to the wood so it kinda ‘scrapes’ the varnish off as apposed to literally cutting the varnish off? Is it best to scrape the varnish off compared to a stripper like Nitromores?

 

You are correct the stanley blade is used to scrap the varnish off , Nitromores will do a similar job but will empty the grain which would need to be filled again taking more coats .

 

With regard to the checkering, how do you remove the old varnish, is checkering varnished? Also when you re-oil the stock/forend do you oil the checkering too or leave that in its original state

 

The chequering is the only place i use nitromores and a brass brush to remove the varnish , and i will only run my fingers over the chequering with a small amount of oil till the final coat then i add oil and use a toothbush to make sure it gets in there

[hawkeye]

You are correct the stanley blade is used to scrap the varnish off , Nitromores will do a similar job but will empty the grain which would need to be filled again taking more coats .

 

 

 

The chequering is the only place i use nitromores and a brass brush to remove the varnish , and i will only run my fingers over the chequering with a small amount of oil till the final coat then i add oil and use a toothbush to make sure it gets in there

 

 

 

 

Bet its your lasses tooth brush you use as well .. :lol:

[magman]

Bet its your lasses tooth brush you use as well .. :blink:

 

 

After 3 days of oil

 

 

Then rubbed down with 400 wet and dry 3 times and oiled again .

 

 

 

Will post the finished stock in a few days

[soreshoulder]

looking good, are you using true oil?

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[magman]

looking good, are you using true oil?

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