I know there's some beautiful wood under the ugly dull finish on my Hooloo O/U, has anybody refinished one of these?
I'm wondering if I should use a heat gun or stripper on it ?
I think it's some kind of polyurethane type finish.
Remove the wood from the action, remove all metal attachments.
Go down to your Home Hardware, and buy some Dad’s Easyspray furniture stripper. Follow the instructions. Go easy with the sandpaper, use a scotchbrite pad mostly.
Wear some 8 mil grease monkey gloves, splash goggles, and have good ventilation.
I refinished a CZ Bobwhite that is suppose to be the same. There was in fact some nice wood under the varnish/stain. It was removed very easily with Circa 1850.
I refinished a CZ Bobwhite that is suppose to be the same. There was in fact some nice wood under the varnish/stain. It was removed very easily with Circa 1850.
Thanks I'll try that
I usually use Circa 1850 I just don't have any right now. I've found some of the poly finishes come off better with a heat gun and a plastic scrapper Remington and Browning hi gloss are good examples.
Some will give me crap for this, but I use acetone for stripping stuff. Generally it does the job really fast. Use COTTON rags for wiping. Any synthetic will become goo really fast.
I've used pieces of lexan dissolved in acetone for a finish. You can make that stuff as shiny or as matte as you want, and it has a great transfer of the wood through the finish abilities. It also has the benefit of being completely waterproof as long as you have complete coverage.
I've also mixed acetone with hand applied finishes to make them dry faster and in thinner layers. Some finishes look much better when applying 10 thin layers than 3 thick layers. The light of the wood transfers through the finish better for some reason, even though the finish might just be the same thickness.
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