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Giving stock a lift


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Remove all the old finish with white spirits and 0000 wool .

Stabilise the wood with walnut oil or alkanet oil.

Grain fill with shellac sealer - and dye if colour tone change is wanted.

Build with successive layers of either London Wax ( beeswax base) for mat finishes, or Carnauba Hi-wax if a shine is wanted.

 

Quick fixes are with cellulose grain sealer and matt or gloss cellulose brushing finishes instead of wax.

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As you will have guessed from the good advice from Clayman, there is no quick fix to a good finish on a wooden stock.

As it is already an oiled stock then I would remove the existing finish and use "Original CCL Traditional Gunstock Oil And Finishing Kit" to build up a new oiled finish. I removed the damaged baked varnish from my Miroku and used this kit. A labour of love but great satisfaction with the finished product which you created for yourself.

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