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Old 02-23-2019, 09:30 AM
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Hi everyone I have a savage 110 in 308 and I would like to take the coating/finish off the stock . I am not into that plastic look more into a oiled finish.
What would you use that would remove the finish without having to sand the crap out of it.
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Old 02-23-2019, 09:40 AM
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Hi everyone I have a savage 110 in 308 and I would like to take the coating/finish off the stock . I am not into that plastic look more into a oiled finish.
What would you use that would remove the finish without having to sand the crap out of it.
I used furniture stripper on my cooey 600 then had to sand it a bit, the stripper worked ok on the checkering but could not be sanded so it is a bit darker that the ne finish but ni by much
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Old 02-23-2019, 09:40 AM
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Circa 1850. Use a soft brass brush on the checkered areas.
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Old 02-23-2019, 10:45 AM
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Circa 1850. Use a soft brass brush on the checkered areas.
The best there is. Finish it off with 25 coats of tung oil
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Old 02-23-2019, 10:57 AM
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Brownells certistrip works on the hard high gloss enamel type finishes. Like the BDL, weatherby or Browning. Apply it liberally and stick the stock in a garbage bag so it doesn't dry too quick. Then use the edge of a putty knife to scrape it off, and a tooth brush on the checkering. And wear gloves as some of this stuff is nasty.
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Circa 1850. Use a soft brass brush on the checkered areas.
Same process i used with the stripper, checkering still came out darker, use the tip of an iron on a wet rag over the dents, they come right out. As others said, tung oil is great as a finish
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Yup circa 1850 bristle brush and a light scraper is the best way I have found. Let the stripper sit for a second and let it work. When it has stopped working carefully scrape it off.
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Old 02-23-2019, 11:34 PM
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The best there is. Finish it off with 25 coats of tung oil
Yep that all I use, I'm a tactile guy and the feel of a oiled stock cant be beat.
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Old 02-24-2019, 12:08 PM
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Yep that all I use, I'm a tactile guy and the feel of a oiled stock cant be beat.

do you cut the oil with a thinner for the first few coats or do you use it straight out of the can?
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Old 02-24-2019, 12:55 PM
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No thinning. After your second coat start wet sanding with the oil then wipe off excess oil and let dry for 24 hrs and repeat about 20+ times and the depth of finish will amaze you. 600 grit is good then 1200 for the last 2 coats.
I'm redoing a very old savage 24 at the moment.
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Old 02-24-2019, 01:33 PM
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No thinning. After your second coat start wet sanding with the oil then wipe off excess oil and let dry for 24 hrs and repeat about 20+ times and the depth of finish will amaze you. 600 grit is good then 1200 for the last 2 coats.
I'm redoing a very old savage 24 at the moment.
boiled linseed or tung oil?
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Old 02-24-2019, 01:41 PM
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Tung oil is what I use. But if you have a blonde stock you want darker use danish oil. Antique oil is nice too
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it is a very light wood maybe birch?
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Old 02-24-2019, 02:22 PM
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Correct. Danish would darken birch up and enhance the figure if it has any.
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Old 02-24-2019, 04:25 PM
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You can use acetone to strip it. Has the side benefit of you getting a bit loopy... There's also citristrip. Or you can buy delemonine/citrus cleaners from places like home depot.

As for oil, you can do many different things. Danish and other oils like tung oil work. Minwax has some good products as well.

I've always used 0000 steel wool between layers of finish.
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Old 02-24-2019, 10:05 PM
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To get it the smoothest you can, De-whisker the stock.
before you add oil get stock wet, then heat. It will create whiskers that can be smoothed out with a synthetic steel wool. Repeat until it's as smooth as possible. Then wet sand with tung oil with increasing grit.
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Old 02-24-2019, 10:06 PM
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There are a 100 finishes out there that provide far more protection then boiled linseed oil.

Do you research.


Tung oil or similar are great products.
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I did a Remington mountain rifle stock this morning with Certistrip. Put it on at 9 am and was essentially finished by lunch.



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