C&R stock cleaning

Help: Cracked Swedish Ljungman handguard

feeds@yuku.com (Curmudgeon) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:44:12 GMT

I have a Swedish Ljungman with a handguard crack just forward of the front band where the gas tube passes under the hand guard. I think this is a very common place to have a crack. The crack was previously glued and the repair separated. It looks like the glue was that water based yellow carpenters glue. I put a small chunk of the dried glue in water and it dissolved over a day or two.

I have read cabinetman's write up on repairing stock cracks with super glue. I would like...

Swede M96 with cracked stock-HOW TO FIX?

feeds@yuku.com (blano86) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:57:07 GMT

I recently received a beautiful Swedish M1896 Mauser with the "SA" stamp. The stock is beautiful and it matches the receiver. So it is the original stock. The only problem is that the stock cracked by the bayonet lug area enroute to my house thru USPS. Kind of a bummer but that happens. Anyways I would love to repair her but I will probably buy another stock just to keep the original stock safe. The pictures I took are the best I could do. I can tweek the crack to where it will...

Slow Bake Method for Cosmoline removal

feeds@yuku.com (Dockem) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:35:11 GMT

Read about this method of removal of cosmoline, using a "slow bake" method to "melt off" the grease. This is my version of the cosmo oven.

I ran down to Wally World and bought a Sunbeam ceramic heater for $18, then to the local Home Depot and got some 8" X 5' ductwork and a square adaptor for the end for less than $20. I then laid down some old newspapers inside of it to soak up oil/cosmoline. To be careful, I set the heater on the next to highest...

Fiebling's Color on Birch

feeds@yuku.com (Armed 2 tha Teeth) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:42:51 GMT

Last year I re-dyed a birch carbine stock with Fiebling's dye, and in a year it has lost most of it's color. I know leather dyes do not penetrate the wood as well as wood stains like Miniwax and such but I was shocked to see so much of the color gone from the stock. It could have fooled most people as walnut before but now around the comb and side the underlying birch is coming through. This winter I want to re-dye the stock, I heard that stains like those made by Minwax are harder...

Fire damaged wood

feeds@yuku.com (mauserdad) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:16:10 GMT

I have a Rem.03A3 stock that was in a house that caught fire. The stock is sound. The color now is a dark black/brown. Is there anyway to lighten up the color without sanding? It appears that I might need something to penetrate down into the wood. Thanks

Industrial Purple Question

feeds@yuku.com (thedoveshooter) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:48:20 GMT

Is it OK to use industrial purple for a light clean? What I'm worried about is if this stuff will take the stain off or not. I've got a new Yugo M24/47 that is just lightly covered in cosmolene and I don't want to have to restain it.

-Thanks

Shellac problem?

feeds@yuku.com (bamasurp) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:53:36 GMT

Hey folks,

I'm finally shellacking an M-38 stock from a "Truck Gun" I rescued. I bought garnet shellac flake and mixed it. I notice when the shellac goes on its clear with color to it as expected but as it dries it is kind of milky rather than the clear I expected. Is something wrong with the shellac or the person using it? Anyone know how I can fix the problem?

Regards,
Bamasurp

Is my M38 going to need to be oiled with BLO then schellaced?

feeds@yuku.com (rno172) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:40:29 GMT

Hello everyone,

Need your help again. I have been reading up on wood finish and have a concern. I have a Mosin Nagant M38 that I stripped with Denatured Alcohol, cleaned the stock with Purple power, then proceded to reschellac as per instructed here. My stock looked pretty dry as I was reschellacing the stock. Should I of hit it first with a couple coats of BLO to get some oil back into it (No cosmo anywhere on rifle). Then of schellaced it? Just worrying about the stock...

Removing oil from a tock with a vacuum pump

feeds@yuku.com (ireload2) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:40:38 GMT

Has any one ever put a greasy stock in a vacuum chamber and tried to evaporate the oil with high vacuum?

How to strip oil finish from laminated stock?

feeds@yuku.com (MG185) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:53:48 GMT

I've refinished a few stocks, and each time I've used Easy-Off to strip the old finish off, and it's worked perfectly. I'm getting ready to refinish a German laminated stock though, and from what I've been reading it sounds like Easy-Off would be a bad idea for a laminated stock as it can damage the glue. Can anyone recommend a safe product/method they've used to completely strip an oil finish from a laminated stock? Is whiting a safe alternative to Easy-Off? In...

Remington 512 Stock repair.

feeds@yuku.com (Electron Don) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:14:53 GMT

I'm not a happy camper. I just received a Remington 512 from an auction on gunboards. The stock was advertised as having some cracks but nothin that was flexing or loose. What I received was a stock with cracks that were not visible in the pictures. They are active cracks in that they are flexing and part of the stock is loose and raised. What is involved in repairing something like this?