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<blockquote data-quote="coolhandluke" data-source="post: 2205540" data-attributes="member: 13284"><p>You can always simply touch up the damage with denatured alcohol and Bullseye amber shellac from Home Depot. The DA and shellac mixture will melt and blend into the existing finish. The easiest way to blend the finish is by using a French polish technique.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you prefer to do a full blown refinish, Ronny is spot on about using DA to strip the stock and using a dye (not oil based stain) like RIT or Feibing's to add color to the stock. Your stock is made of Artic Birch and does not accept oil based stains well and will leave you with a blotchy uneven finish. I prefer to finish with BLO and wax, but I have used the tung oil finish (not pure tung oil) and it is easy to work with and leaves you with a nice looking, durable finish. </p><p></p><p>Below are pics of three birch stocks to give you a couple examples of different finishes. I refinished all three with Feibing's alcohol based dye. The shotgun stock has been finished with BLO and wax, the AK stock was finished with Minwax tung oil finish and the Mosin was refinished with BLO and Tom's 1/3 mix using an aged oil technique (check out surplusrifleforum.com for tips on how to do an aged oil finish). The aged oil technique is my favorite finish on a Mosin stock. It looks more like a typical military type oil finish. The AK stock is not nearly as glossy as it appears in the pic...it is mostly due to the angle of the shot and the lights directly overhead.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Trunk012E.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Trunk012E.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Trunk032E.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Trunk032E.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Trunk068E.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Trunk068E.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0019_zps93b57eb5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0019_zps93b57eb5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0037_zps1e4bd022.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0037_zps1e4bd022.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0045_zps5c857d87.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0045_zps5c857d87.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0015E.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0015E.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolhandluke, post: 2205540, member: 13284"] You can always simply touch up the damage with denatured alcohol and Bullseye amber shellac from Home Depot. The DA and shellac mixture will melt and blend into the existing finish. The easiest way to blend the finish is by using a French polish technique. If you prefer to do a full blown refinish, Ronny is spot on about using DA to strip the stock and using a dye (not oil based stain) like RIT or Feibing's to add color to the stock. Your stock is made of Artic Birch and does not accept oil based stains well and will leave you with a blotchy uneven finish. I prefer to finish with BLO and wax, but I have used the tung oil finish (not pure tung oil) and it is easy to work with and leaves you with a nice looking, durable finish. Below are pics of three birch stocks to give you a couple examples of different finishes. I refinished all three with Feibing's alcohol based dye. The shotgun stock has been finished with BLO and wax, the AK stock was finished with Minwax tung oil finish and the Mosin was refinished with BLO and Tom's 1/3 mix using an aged oil technique (check out surplusrifleforum.com for tips on how to do an aged oil finish). The aged oil technique is my favorite finish on a Mosin stock. It looks more like a typical military type oil finish. The AK stock is not nearly as glossy as it appears in the pic...it is mostly due to the angle of the shot and the lights directly overhead. [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Trunk012E.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Trunk012E.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Trunk032E.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Trunk032E.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Trunk068E.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Trunk068E.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0019_zps93b57eb5.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0019_zps93b57eb5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0037_zps1e4bd022.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0037_zps1e4bd022.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0045_zps5c857d87.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0045_zps5c857d87.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/DSC_0015E.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_DSC_0015E.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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