Stock Refinish

[Dylan Rhodes]

Well as the saying goes nothing is easy….

After removing it from the first filth I noticed that the trigger guard screw hole was basically a gelatinous mess, at some point since 1893 someone has stripped that and then filled it with some kind of epoxy or glue. so my strategy there is to sand a 1/4” walnut dowel down in the drill press to fit in the hole and glue that in with some 2p-10 Jel.

I also had a pretty good crack open up along a grain line near the butt plate, i can’t get it to really close even in a soft jaw vice, so I’m thinking I’ll have to fill that with some died epoxy and resand the rear of the stock there flush with the butt plate. Not ideal, but I don’t think forcing it shut is really going to hold for any period of time.

All in good learning. Nothing that’s going to turn this project into a lost cause.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Dylan Rhodes

Thanks everyone. The acetone is quite disgusting after 24 hours, nearly the color of black tea. Should I switch this out? I was going to put a new gallon in at the 1 week mark, but that’s still 6 days away….

I buy it by the five gallon container at Lowes. I use a gallon and when it has finished, I save that and then use a new gallon. On the next stock I use the first gallon and then change out to the second gallon since that is usually not too filthy.