Thoughts on shellac for Russian Mosin-Nagant

[louthepou]

I'm refinishing the wood on a Russian Mosin-Nagant I have (M91/30).

Stripping whatever was left of the old shellac was easy, simply with denatured alcohol.

I had some shellac here in the shop, so I used it. Even if the coat was thin, after two days it was still sticky. "Something's wrong", I said to myself.

So, did a bit of searching and reading. Shellac (the premixed version, not the flakes on their own) has a shelf life of a few months. Geez, the shellac I had must have been... more than 10 years old.

I stripped the wood - again.

Got new shellac, and what do you know, it works much better.

Pics and data on that rifle soon

Lou

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