Milsurp rifle stock protection, cleaning/finishing questions

[ssgross]

I almost never sand stocks, there is no need to

I have only ever sanded new wood. Typically the "problem" is just a buildup of wax, oil, sweat, etc. giving the wood an almost plastic like layer. My goal is to preserve the color as much as possible, but make the wood feel like wood again. I like baker's idea of Alkanet root to help maintain the "depth" of color that is underneath all the grime. I'll be doing my own experiments for sure.

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[USGI]

I can view all (3) pages of the THREAD, but you must not have been signed-in here at the time you copied them over. I guess it's just to demo that it's possible, but would be better without all the ads. - Bob