Cleanin A Stock - What Do You Use?

[LouisianaJoe]

I have had good luck using Howard's Restor-a-finish. It is available from Lowes or Home Depot. It will disolve the grunge and surface finish without altering the color. You can get it with stain in it and I have used the Walnut on CMP Garand Stocks to darken it a bit.

After cleaning the stock with Restor-a-finish, I hand rub several coats of tung oil finish like Formby's. Polish with 3m White pads between coats. Then wax the stock after that.

I have finished several stocks this way. It will not work with shellac.

Here is a CMP Special Grade Garand. It has a correct receiver, barrel and trigger group all dating to 1955. The bore measures .5. I redid the stock as mentioned above.