DHE Restoration

[Bill Mullins]

John... Remington used a finish on their ADL and BDL 700's
called RKW. It provided a very hard glossy finish. I was told
it was basically the same finish on bowling balls. Impervious
to harsh weather, hard use, and, yes, difficult to refinish!

[MD*GSP]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Well... i dont know what to tell you...

Pictures tell the tale, Brian. You do nice work.

..now I have to buy another pane of glass for my new shed because somehow, one of the pcs I bought last week's been broken..

[esetter - Gerry Addison]

Here is one Mr. Bachelder did the work on. I think it is a lovely gun now.

[Dean Romig]

Acetone did nothing to remove the 'urethane' finish on one of my Repros. The thing that really did the trick was a paint remover Kathy uses in refinishing furniture that has had several coats of different colored paints, problem is I don't remember the name of the paint remover.





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[Big D]

I think Brownells sell some sort of thermonuclear paint remover for urethane finishes. I understand it helps, but it's still a bear to strip off the urethane

[Big D]

I had Remington 700 rifle stripped and refinished in oil. The stocker said it was very hard because even though it was stripped, the wood pores were still sealed, making absorption of the oil very difficult

[B. Dudley]

I have seen that urethane stripper from brownells, but was leary to spend the money to try it. I dont do enough of it to take the chance on finding an “easier way”.

[MD*GSP]

I stripped and refinished one Repro. I used a product called "Zip Strip" based upon good results on other projects previously. Using a home-made plastic scraper (delrin) the finish gave up the ghost without much trouble but, it did take more than one application of stripper and I was able to tune up the sharp edge of my scraper with ease whenever it was required. When all was scraped-off I followed with bronze wool dipped in the Zip Strip.

I was surprised how many voids were in the wood that'd been filled with whatever finish originally used, hiding them. I wouldn't do it again unless there was an issue with the gun or, as Kirk ventured, to restore a gun.

*I have one gun that required a small repair to the original finish. I wasn't having any luck at all blending the area until Brian kindly suggested Urethane..I used wiping urethane and the problem area disappeared right away..nothing else seemed to work (thanks Brian)

Great gun Kirk and great work Brian!!

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Scot Cardillo

I was surprised how many voids were in the wood that'd been filled with whatever finish originally used, hiding them. I wouldn't do it again unless there was an issue with the gun or, as Kirk ventured, to restore a gun.

I found the same to be true when I had finished stripping mine.




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[Dean Romig]

Furniture refinishers break a pane of glass and wind up with any angle scraper they need.






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