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Great results. I have seen a product at our local bearing supplier, some tupe of liquid metal (similar to JB Weld) but supposed to be industrial grade. This might be the ticket if it can be tinted to match.
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04-15-2013 03:06 PM
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Better learn to swear in Swedish to help the metal part of the project along.......German works too! Best wishes and lots of patience on this project. For drying out old (antique) carvings of wood I have used fine dried silica sand and time as one does for presrving/drying plant material....it's slow but not intrusive or damaging
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What an uplifting accomplishment for any of us who have headed down the path of resurrecting an old milsurp! Congratulations on "sticking with it" and not giving up on the old war horse.
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Update, there has been some progress this weekend. I have been shopping around for something to fill the pitting with and settled on something I can get locally, JB Weld. I opted to get the type that cures less fast but holds up better under higher temps. So I had a lot of impatient waiting while it cured. Put the first coat on Thursday night and sanded it Friday evening. Put a second coat on some of the low spots after the sanding Friday and sanded it a second time this evening. Decided to try Krylon paint in a flat black and it looks pretty good after one coat. I only did the pitting where it can be seen on the barrel. I did not fill the pitting on the barrel under the wood or on the receiver.
With the paint, I can see I missed a few areas that could be smoothed a bit better so I have to decide if I want to sand it and coat it again. I'm not seeking perfection so I may leave it. I have no idea how durable this paint is going to be either, it is a primer and top coat in one and aside from Dura Coat seems to be what the majority recommended as a second choice. Pricing the Dura Coat, it wasn't too hard a decision for me to go with the Krylon. $70 vs $4 was pretty easy. I can repaint it a lot of times with that one can and it's probably not going to be used other than on the range where it isn't likely to get banged around. If this paint proves to be durable, I may fill the pits on the receiver and paint it although at this point, it has most of it's bluing and I don't want to alter that.
My tang screw arrived yesterday. Still waiting on the new cleaning rod and sling.
It has been an interesting project and while I could not possibly make any money on a restoration of this kind due to the sheer numbers of hours I have in it, it was fun and I'd be willing to do it again sometime.
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PPP! (please post photos)!
Would love to see the process. Excited to see how she turnd out.
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Congratulations on a wonderful job, well done, and the most extreme "before and after" contrast that I have ever seen!
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I do not think spectacular is to strong a word to describe this reserection from the dead. Well done!
P.S. Thanks for the pictures.
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Thanks for the compliments guys, it means a lot.
Now I have to find something else to fix. Flea Market season has officially started but I found nothing this weekend.
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