Sorry about my rambling. Just wanted to show how I intend to finish the M1 Carbine.
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Sorry about my rambling. Just wanted to show how I intend to finish the M1 Carbine.
Not to worry, sometimes we stretch these threads so far we don't know what's going on any more. That stock is about perfect...Quote:
Originally Posted by M1 C FAN
My working stocks get BLO my dress stocks get Tongue Oil. Wet sanded out to 1400 grit with oil then hand buffed with 20-30 coats.
A working stock for a carbine should be raw linseed oil as that was what was used on them at the factories and by the military. Tongue oil makes a nice shiny finish but it also seals the wood so one can't get any oil later to it if the wood dries out too much without first stripping the tongue oil off first.
Thanks for the Input. Yeah I know the use of Raw Linseed oil is correct but I simply don`t have the months it takes for RAW linseed oil to polymerize and lose it`s tackiness here in the damp Northwest. As long as you don`t by the Cheap BLO with driers and hardeners added it works very nicely and will polymerize with in a week. I have spent most of my life as a furniture restorer and cabinet maker and have fair finishing abilities. It`s true the WALTCO, Formbys, Minwax crap they call Tongue Oil has very little Tongue Oil and will seal a piece of wood completely because of the polyurethane in it. Only 100% Tongue Oil which was also used by the US should ever be used if not Linseed Oil. And scratches can be blended back readily with a little oil and rubbing. But everyone has different tastes. Is the FAT 66 stamp worth preserving at all??
The FAT stamp IS a part of the carbines history, like a US rebuild stamp.Some folks would like it saved others would prefer to have it disappear. Really, it comes down to what you want. Its your carbine.
Well when you put it that way.. I can`t help but preserve it now. I Very carefully preserve all US cartouche stamps and will do the same again.
Since your IBM and this FAT stock have no prior relationship.
I wouldn't be worried about removing the Star/date/letter markings so you can Pimp the stock out the way you want it to look.
It`s going to be slick as greased lightning with a FAT Star 66 on the side. Pimping Italian Style.
So now you just need a Tiger Striped Birch Hand guard.
I'll keep an eye out, they are around.
Hope other members alert in case they see one.
Good Luck