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  • single stack

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    Although this is obviously not a gunstock, the tip is still relevant.
    I have refinished this old billy club with tung oil.
    My refinishing tip is that using ladies foam makeup wedges is great.
    They are a very small cell foam and apply a smooth finish for pennies.
    I believe they are about $2 for a pack of thirty. The little black foam brushes are about $1 for two.

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    Glenn B

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    When using tung oil, I have always or at least usually used a lint free cloth to apply and then rub in the oil, then a clean rag to wipe off the excess. I let the item cure for a day to a week, in a dust free & protected area, before applying an additional coat and do likewise for each consecutive coat. I have always applied at least 4 but usually more coats.

    I took the finish off of the stock of a KDF Voere Model 2005. The original looked like this:

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    I will never be able to figure out why the original finish was applied to mostly cover up its beautiful grain. If I had not taken the above photo with the flash turned on, you would see a solid brown finish and miss any of the grain at all as seen in the next shot, which is of the other side of the same exact rifle):

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    This is how it looked when I refinished it, first with a stain and then with 6 coats of Fornyby's Tung Oil (sadly no longer the same superb quality stuff since they were bought out by MinWax):

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    This is a Mossberg 395SA Slugster I also refinished with tung oil. I went from this:

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    To this:


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    GasGuzzler

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    A muddy birch 10/22 was hiding this for me. Sadly I used Minwax and it took about five tries to get it to work.

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    Several "painted" Marlins I have redone were hiding pretty wood. These were done with TruOil.

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    I have since switched to Fiebing's leather dye cut with isopropyl alcohol. I mix my own colors. Here's a Rossi 454 Casull I refinished.

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    Stripped and refinished these grips and added Texas stars. Wanted less red than the OEM Ruger color to more closely match the wood on the .357 R92.

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    mongoose

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    I’ve always used tung oil with 4 0 steel wool between coats. However, my Gun Smith buddy prefers teak oil.
     

    jrbfishn

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    I like Tung oil and Teak oil as well. I have used wipe on polyurethane on stuff I don't care as much about.
    The make up foam wedges do work well. For leather finishes too.

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    Glenn B

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    Wood worker
    Furniture restorer
    Cabinet finisher
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    Tee shirt material is what I choose it also makes for a fine buffer after a light 0000 steel wool go over. Hand rubbed oil finish.
    What kind of oil finish do you prefer?

    And on another note: I do wish that gun prices would go down so that I could pay maybe $75.00 for a single shot shotgun with good metal finish that would look like a better gun than new with a new wood finish applied by me.
     

    Glenn B

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    I like most to use just a refinishing oil, and by that I mean I like it the best for looks and l also like it more times than not over something else used to refinish wood like a stain first & then oil later. I just the oil alone as I think it allows for the truer color of the wood and clearer look of the grain to come forth much more so that with almost any stain added first and then oil later. Of course, some very lower quality woods need a good stain first in at least a not too dark of a color; but almost any wood looks better to me with merely an oil finish over the otherwise naked wood color, the oil being fairly neutral as to color.
     
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    Lonesome Dove

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    On the wax deal it works great but personally I would never do a firearm in that manner. Texas heat will soften it and could get a bit tacky.
    It's mostly used for indoor projects.
     
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