fo5ter Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Ive done a number of stock refurbs now but never considered my Sako Quad which has sat there and escaped my attention all this time. This is surprising since in the photos below you can see below the stock was really quite a dull bit of wood. (sorry about the photos, took them on my phone) You can just about see that there is the subtlest hint that there might be a half decent bit of wood under there! Slight striping on the top and sides but still a bit uninspiring. I stripped the stock down to the wood and discovered that Sako had unnessesarily used a dark stain which completely hid the grain on this stock. After stripping i wet the stock to raise the grain and underneath it all was actually a very nice bit of walnut with beautiful striping down the whole length of the stock! I used alkanet oil to redden it up a little bit and let to dry 24 hours before adding a sealer Next I oiled the stock, by hand, rubbing the oil in until my hands were hot and the oil was dry. After 24 hours I gave a gentle all-over with very fine wire wool before repeating. In total there are now 6 layers of oil finish, with 24 hours between each coat In all I'm very happy with how it turned out, I never realised that there was such a beautiful tiger stripe grain hidden beneath sakos boring factory finish! Seems a bit of a waste to be honest! I know there are plenty of people on here who do stock refinishing but If you've seen my other ones on here and you're interested in having a stock finished, give me a shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smig4373 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Ive done a number of stock refurbs now but never considered my Sako Quad which has sat there and escaped my attention all this time. This is surprising since in the photos below you can see below the stock was really quite a dull bit of wood. (sorry about the photos, took them on my phone) You can just about see that there is the subtlest hint that there might be a half decent bit of wood under there! Slight striping on the top and sides but still a bit uninspiring. I stripped the stock down to the wood and discovered that Sako had unnessesarily used a dark stain which completely hid the grain on this stock. After stripping i wet the stock to raise the grain and underneath it all was actually a very nice bit of walnut with beautiful striping down the whole length of the stock! I used alkanet oil to redden it up a little bit and let to dry 24 hours before adding a sealer Next I oiled the stock, by hand, rubbing the oil in until my hands were hot and the oil was dry. After 24 hours I gave a gentle all-over with very fine wire wool before repeating. In total there are now 6 layers of oil finish, with 24 hours between each coat In all I'm very happy with how it turned out, I never realised that there was such a beautiful tiger stripe grain hidden beneath sakos boring factory finish! Seems a bit of a waste to be honest! I know there are plenty of people on here who do stock refinishing but If you've seen my other ones on here and you're interested in having a stock finished, give me a shout Nice work buddy...Its called fiddle back when you have a grain pattern going in both directions...Looks nice...well done.. :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Fantastic work and a great improvement, just shows what a little time and skill can do. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy 700 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Those are fab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fo5ter Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thanks fellas The mrs makes the badger pillows in the first pic which is also for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtailhawk1 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fo5ter Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 And here's my Winchester 1400 which I've just finished. This one was an absolute pain to do - like most American guns they coat the wood with a horrendous amount of lacquer to get a smooth shiny look instead of a good oiled finish. It took a lot of work to get rid of all of that lacquer down to the bare wood. The finish looked cheap and was flaking off in many places so something had to be done - that and the fact that i have been renovating all of my guns and this is the one that needs it the most! The wood is nothing special but a nice piece of walnut nonetheless. this is the finished thing, it's a new gun (to me) so if I really enjoy shooting it I might get it re-blued later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halight Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Both stocks look great mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fo5ter Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Here's a quick shot of the Sako Finnfire I did for Sundancermartin, this suffered from the same drab brown my Quad was afflicted with which hid this beautiful bit of wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fo5ter Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Just finished doing a Beretta DT10 for Bunnybasha, there was a scratch on the side and the stock was lacquered which didn't match the fore end which darker and was oiled. Removed the scratch and lacquer and oiled the stock. I hate lacquered stocks, to me they look plastic and are a waste of good wood. Here's some finished photos Edited July 29, 2012 by fo5ter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughcoat Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Must admit that's really nice work mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewsher500 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 wow, thinks my quad is going to be stripped now then looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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