Stock Re-finish question

[MidwestMuzzleloader]

I just finished sanding and staining a rifle stock. After 3 coats of stain, does the stock need anything else to be protected?

 

[snowrs]

Laquer or oil rub dont know if its needed but a good oil rubbed stock is beautiful

 

[Yukon227]

It will need some kind of sealer. I refinished an SKS stock a few weeks ago. Birchwood Casey Tru Oil does a wonderful job..and you can put as few as 3 coats on it or as many as you want. The more coats the deeper the finish looks...It can be buffed out to a shine so bright you better have sunglasses. Good Luck

 

[SEIndSAM]

It will need some kind of sealer. I refinished an SKS stock a few weeks ago. Birchwood Casey Tru Oil does a wonderful job..and you can put as few as 3 coats on it or as many as you want. The more coats the deeper the finish looks...It can be buffed out to a shine so bright you better have sunglasses. Good Luck

What he said! If you don't seal it your going to get staining from sweat, cleaning fluids, oils, etc.

 

[Naptown]

most use tung oil. I used a spray polyurethane on mine.

Before:

After:

 

[sloughfoot]

I use tung oil. You can buy it in any hardware store. Wipe it on with your fingers. 3 or 4 applications usually does it unless your wood is really slurping it up. Before the final coat, steel wool the stock, then wipe some more on. You cannot mess it up. If you think you did, steel wool it then wipe some more on.

 

[TRWXXA]

+1 on the tung oil. Make sure it's "pure tung oil", and not "tung oil finish", which contains varnish. Here's a source if you can't find it locally: Pure Tung Oil

Boiled linseed oil is also a traditional stock finish oil. You can find it at Lowes, or Menard's. It has a slightly different color, and seems to dry slower than PTO.

Either oil should be applied once a year to maintain the finish.

If you want the shiny, waterproof finish, you can use polyurethane. It just depends on the look you're going for.

 

[MidwestMuzzleloader]

Thanks for the replies that helps.

 

[Hotwired]

Oh and WE WANNA SEE PICS when you have it done

 

[DragonGunner]

The top rifle M14/M1a has only Pure Tung Oil, I can add coats when it seems to dry from time to time.

The rifle below that, M1 Garand, was stripped, stained, an then a few coats of Formbes Tung Oil Low Gloss which has varnish in it. This makes it much more waterproof an looks good, an extra coats can be added, I usually steel wool lightly before adding coats. However, after you use a varnish, whether in the Formbes tung oil or in a stain, Pure Tung Oil or Boiled Linseed Oil cannot be added to it, it will just sit an not be able to soak through the varnish. Its simply a matter of choice....good luck.

 

[db1959]

I see some beautiful rifles here.
DragonGunner, I really like the grain pattern on that Garand. Do you have a higher resolution picture of that?

Heres a 91/30 I did a few months ago. If I remember correctly it has about 20 hand rubbed coats of TruOil.

 

[Yukon227]

In my understanding the tung oil and the birchwood casey tru-oil are pretty similar....I used the tru-oil because I found it at wal mart for 6$ you can re-coat after about 3 hrs...It kinda makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing you made a gun look so much better..
this is my refinish

 

[MidwestMuzzleloader]

Wow...That Garand has a great piece of wood.

 

[Yukon227]

Imprvessive guys! My SKS only has 3 coats of tru-oil in those pics...I put another coat on it after every cleaning...so a total of 6 right now...That is the coolest thing about the oil...just put on another coat whenever I want and it looks better every time but I still shoot in between coats.

 

[sgreen3]

+1 for Tru Oil

 

[DragonGunner]

db1959....thanks...yes I have better pics...but I have to go to shrink pictures, then enter them in my photos, an by then they have lost a lot of clarity...heres another of the tiger Garand....wish I could post directly from my computer because they are so much better..

 

[MidwestMuzzleloader]

That gun is beautiful..

 

[Dirtebiker]

That gun is beautiful..

That's what I say!!!