Cricket stock stripping
Just started the first processes of re-staining my cricket stock….and that’s stripping the varnish off the stock…
Now this is about my 3rd application and I must say…whatever kalibrgun uses to finish their stocks is tuff stuff…
On the first application of the same stripper I had the edgun stock almost all gone of the original finish….so now i see it’s going to be a long process to get this stock to what I want it to look like.
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I wish I could have…it would have saved me 2 days of work….but now it’s the staining that’s taking the long process..
You have convinced me to special order an unfinished stock from KalibrGun if I ever attempt a refinish.
Hopefully I can Acheive the darkness I want before the wood stops taking in the color.
The first pic is after completing the stripping and the second is after the coat of conditioning.
My daughter was being nosy while I was taking the pic…that’s her and her little feet.
Well I’m done with the stripping and man it sucked… But the hard part is behind me….I’ve already conditioned the wood for the stain and applied 2 coats of the ebony to the stock…it’s dark but not were I want it yet…I’ll leave it tonight at 3 coats and pick up tomorrow with some more coats….
Hopefully I can Acheive the darkness I want before the wood stops taking in the color.
The first pic is after completing the stripping and the second is after the coat of conditioning.
My daughter was being nosy while I was taking the pic…that’s her and her little feet.
IMO an well oiled stock looks far better than a lacquered counterpart. If one prefers a lacquered finish it´s good practice to oil the “inside” of the barrel tunnel and action (on the stock, D´oh) at regular intervals – for the reason you just mentioned, to get a shield against humidity etc. there as well.
I don’t really feel the difference of laqur to oil…but I like the oil cause it seeps into the wood and creates a strong protective shell from the inside out…compared to laqur which just sits on top.
Nothing wrong really. I just don’t like my stocks lacquer coated. I strongly prefer oiled.
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I never liked the look of light wood on a rifle…dark wood looks much better to me…..and for this gun being that I have a carbon fiber NC shroud coming I want to have the stock match the rest of the gun and give it a more tactical look..plus if all else fails I can order the longer forearm stock which IMO looks better.
What is wrong with the original stock finish?
I will try and keep up with the talk…once this project is done I’ll be sure to post pics of the finished product.
I love ebony stain oil rubbed! That should look flat out amazing! The talk of the forum if you do it right! Go get ’em!
Rubbed in stain…than I’m going to seal it with a tung oil.
As in a paint? Or ebony stain and oil rubbed?
Satin black!!!!
Man….those skeleton parts in the stock are going to be a B**** to do! Keep at it…no choice now. What do you plan to do with it for refinish?
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That is a ambitious undertaking.
Hope it takes all the color you want.
It should look real good.