Stock Refinishing ??????

[Vincent]

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Another Enfield followed me home. It could use some TLC.

Knowing next to nothing about wood refinishing I had a look at youtube and found these videos by two young southern gentlemen. Before I do anything, I'd like to hear from people who have restored these wood stocks. What do you think is the best way to go?









It looks like they get good results.

Any pointers are greatly appreciated.

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[gsimmons]

Why do you want to refinish it? It looks like a nice original no.5. I'd like to see more pictures of it.

[Vincent]

It looks better in the pictures than it is. I have other Enfields that have a nice patina. This one is grimy. It's hard to capture in pictures. Other than that it's fine and shoots well.

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[Vincent]

Oh, there are these too. They are drilled through the action and barrel chamber. I plan to use the wood to put some of the sporters I have back to their original configuration.

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[gsimmons]

The grime can be carefully cleaned without destroying the original finish. I'd just hate to see an honest guns value altered. Hopefully people with more experience than I will chime in.

[nhetzer]

Yes, we implore you, don't refinish the gun. You'll destroy the historical value. If you want the wood to look brand new, I'd suggest buying a new made stock set and saving the original. Might I suggest giving the wood a thorough cleaning first? You'd be surprised how great these can look.
Lots of methods out there for cleaning. A decent one with an easy to follow tutorial can be found at Midway USA (gunsmith supplier web site). Go to the learning center and they have a bunch of videos that are really great. I think the one you're looking for is about cleaning up an old rolling block. Good luck and post some pics.

[gsimmons]

There is also a way of doing it without destroying the rack number(it's part of the history of the gun). You can try a scrub of 50/50 linseed oil and turpentine and oooo steel wool. I'm sure I saw threads on the way to do it.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

There is also a way of doing it without destroying the rack number(it's part of the history of the gun). You can try a scrub of 50/50 linseed oil and turpentine and oooo steel wool. I'm sure I saw threads on the way to do it.

Works very well in my limited experience.

PS : Is there a problem with posting of links to Youtube or is it just me?

[Badger]

Works very well in my limited experience.

PS : Is there a problem with posting of links to Youtube or is it just me?

I tested this issue on my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion OSX with FireFox 19.0, Safari 6.0.2 and Google Chrome 25.0. I also tested it on Windows 7 running Google Chrome. Videos are appearing and running fine.

There may be an issue for some members like HOOKED ON HISTORY who are running Windows 7 and some version of IE (Microsoft Internet Explorer) which I'm looking into. If you are having problems with that combination, could your try Google Chrome and let me know if it fixes any anomalies you are experiencing. It's a better (and safer) browser anyway.

You should see videos that play in-line with each post as shown here:

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Does anyone else see a blank white video image like this?

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I don't want to mess up the original focus of this thread, so if anyone has feedback, could you please email it to me at badger@milsurps.com instead of posting here.

Thanks ..

Regards,
Doug

[Vincent]

Has anyone used this method?