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Veneer over stock repair?
Has anyone ever put a veneer over a repaired stock? I have an Enfield stock that has a repair on the right hand sight below the magazine cutoff. It's a large repair and was done by someone with some skill. However, there does not seem to be and "grain" to the wood. I've tried giving it a light sanding and staining it, but it doesn't seem to like the stain very much and definitely looks a little sloppy. My question is if anyone has put veneer on their stock before and how does it look? Thanks.
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05-06-2019 11:46 PM
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Never done it, and wouldn't try. It might work with a piece of antique saw-cut veneer. But modern knife-cut veneer is made with a device that functions rather like a gigantic pencil-sharpener, which produces a grain pattern that will never match in with a solid block of wood, such as a buttstock.
If you want to improve the look of the surface, you would need to create a recess and insert a block of wood of the same type and similar age, formed so that the grain runs in the same direction as the surrounding wood.
As this is a tricky job that is totally irrelevant to the performance of the rifle, I wouldn't bother, unless the present repair looks really rough - how about a photo?
Last edited by Patrick Chadwick; 06-14-2019 at 03:07 PM.
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We need pics, my guess as of now is epoxy wood filler.
Why lay a veneer when a Dutchmen of solid wood requires the same level of precision?
Last edited by WarPig1976; 06-17-2019 at 07:20 PM.
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Weapons techs have been known to put WarPig1976's Dutchmen of solid wood(that's literally a wood insert) in years. Not veneer though. Veneer is thin stuff and costs too much.
painter777's big picture of the crack(1st picture) is easily fixed with a needle style epoxy applicator and a clamp.
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