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John, Parker Bros. butt plates are made from "Gutta Percha" a form of rubber at least into the Remington era. The Parker marked plate's made by Remington may be bakelite.
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I clean with a power toothbrush like I use for Checkering. For old buttplates I use orange hand cleaner with Pumice, rinse thoroughly then rottenstone in soap slurry, rinse thoroughly then a but of stock finish and they look new.
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Harry;
I've heard of rottenstone before but where can one purchase it? |
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Quote:
http://www.woodcraft.com/product/200...tone-1-lb.aspx
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07-28-2013, 10:38 AM | #17 | ||||||
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I got mine from Brownells
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07-28-2013, 10:40 AM | #18 | ||||||
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Basically you want mild abrasives in a NON petroleum liquid. The finer the abrasive the higher the polish and the longer it takes to remove the old oxidation. It seems to me I once used Bon-Ami cleaner too.
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Assuming there's no crud on it, I use Kiwi black liquid shoe polish Take it off the stock before you use it!
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07-28-2013, 11:35 PM | #20 | ||||||
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Vintage gun grips is now taking orders for the 3 frame butt plate. Just incase you don't like that lovely brown look. Dave
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