1949 Faz No4 Mk2 Stock Refinish

[CelticCollector]

I have the above rifle broken down to clean and was wondering what to use to remove an old finish. It is worn in spots, and is a glossy / semi glossy type finish. Should I try Denatured Alcohol first and see if it is a shellac, or Citristrip? I plan on using BLO or Tung Oil once i remove and clean whats underneath. Thanks

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[Edward Horton]

The original Mk.2 beech stock was dyed and finished with raw linseed oil, if you use anything to strip the old linseed oil you will loose some or all of the dye coloring of the wood.

Acetone will clean and remove all the oil finish but the stock will need to be redyed and refinished with linseed oil, a more expensive method would be to use a name brand wood refinisher.

"Minwax® Antique Furniture Refinisher removes oil finishes, including shellac, lacquer and some early forms of varnish. Minwax® Antique Furniture Refinisher contains natural wood oils that penetrate and condition wood. Minwax® Antique Furniture Refinisher does not remove paint or polyurethane."

http://www.minwax.com/products/speci...efinisher.html

NOTE: Minwax® Antique Furniture Refinisher contains Acetone, Toluene and Methanol which is the same formula as Formby's® Conditioning Furniture Refinisher

If you are American please remember our cheaply made BLO is toxic from chemical additives that are added to raw linseed oil to make it "boiled".

Real pure non-toxic actual boiled linseed oil (BLO) and raw linseed oil can can be purchased at craft stores that sell artist oil paints. Real boiled linseed oil used in artist painting is called "Stand Oil" and raw linseed oil is just labeled Linseed oil.

Stand oil. (BLO)
Polymerized linseed oil made by heating pure linseed oil to high temperatures in the absence of air. High-viscosity, non-yellowing. Intended for use with oil painting mediums, as well as diluted with conventional solvents. Improves fluidity of paint and assists in laying down (smoothing out) brush strokes. Slow drying and improves dry paint film flexibility. May be diluted with any conventional oil painting solvents.

Raw Linseed Oil.
Finest quality purified alkali refined linseed oil, for us with artists’ oil colors. Improves flow, increases gloss. This product may be added directly to Artists Oil Color. It is recommended linseed oil be pre-diluted with Pure Gum Spirits of Turpentine, Grumtine™, or Odorless Paint Thinner.

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[CelticCollector]

Is that what is giving this stock its shine then? I'd like to use something to clean off the topcoat and then reapply BLO or one of the others you listed above.

[finloq]

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread....ght=citristrip

[Edward Horton]

A simple method to just remove the old dirty top coat would be to use 0000 steel wool and apply a 50/50 mix of linseed oil and turpentine. The steel wool will abrade and remove the old top surface coating of linseed oil but not strip all layers of oil finish or the wood dye.

Note: A Conservator at a Museum to clean a wood stock would use a soft lint free cloth, a heat lamp and apply a mixture of 50/50 raw linseed oil and turpentine to a small section of the stock at a time. The heat lamp would help sweat and bring the surface contaminates to the surface and be removed with the soft cloth.

[madcratebuilder]

A 50/50 mix of turp and LO is a good cleaner used with steel wool. If the wood is really filthy then Citristrip well clean it and it well lighten the wood very slightly. These are all Mk2's, two are fresh from the wrap and the rest have been in service. The in service rifles were cleaned with turb/BLO.

[nitheesh]

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