Quote Originally Posted by pickax View Post
Yes Jim. sounds like he went to caustic before asking. Like the medical profession motto, "first do no harm".
mrclark303, I like the English terminology you use. Took me a minute... Good advice to try and save it.
But he'll definitely have "wood whiskers". that won't sand out.
Cheers Pickax, it makes me shudder when I hear of people using aggressive chemicals on old Milsurps, when usually all that's needed is a non invasive treatment like red scotchbrite and water and a little elbow grease, followed by dry and you can remove all the dirt from the fiber of the wood, without causing any damage to markings etc and really open the grain up for oiling...