BLO on Garand Stock Question

[daveboy]

Attachment 28928Very gentle buff with cleaned 0000 steel wool. This will produce a sheen instead of a gloss. Here is one of my restorations

What he said. Or, you might apply a coat or two of Culver's Paste or Tom's 1/3.

daveboy

[Alexisrq]

CMP has great information about wood restoration, here is the link,

Armorer's Corner - Wood Cleaning Article

I have a couple of CMP M1's and have re-oil the stocks. They were originally oil and the red color comes from oxidation of the oil with time. The were dull when they let the factory. I use a mixture of pure Tung oil with mineral spirit, here is finish product of my 55 after 4 coats,

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Good luck

[Johnny Peppers]

The late M1 Rifles I have seen that were in virtually new condition had no sheen to the stock.

[Amsdorf]

Just wanted to follow up to my BLO question with the results, special thanks to Harlan for all his great assistance!