I have used bleach to lighten dark spots in furniture but it was very time consuming and fididly. If your stock is dark because of oil contamination you would be better off using brake cleaner to remove the oil. Depends on the gun and the reason it is dark....
Numrich Archiver
Joined: February 2010
Posted: February 19, 2007 12:00 AM
I have used bleach to lighten dark spots in furniture but it was very time consuming and fididly. If your stock is dark because of oil contamination you would be better off using brake cleaner to remove the oil. Depends on the gun and the reason it is dark....
Friend of mine, who does nothing but gun stock refinishing, "swears" by this new stuff out there for household cleaning..."OXY CLEAN". You see their annoying commercials on TV all the time, and I think now its available at the big boys, K-Mart, Wally World etc. A light soak, scrub, rinse, and dry, brings out the old wood color and grain. He specializes in mostly old Mil. rifles, who have had plenty of greasings. Might give it a try, but I've not tried it myself. Just an idea. ....Jeb.
Numrich Archiver
Joined: February 2010
Posted: February 19, 2007 03:19 AM
Friend of mine, who does nothing but gun stock refinishing, "swears" by this new stuff out there for household cleaning..."OXY CLEAN". You see their annoying commercials on TV all the time, and I think now its available at the big boys, K-Mart, Wally World etc. A light soak, scrub, rinse, and dry, brings out the old wood color and grain. He specializes in mostly old Mil. rifles, who have had plenty of greasings. Might give it a try, but I've not tried it myself. Just an idea. ....Jeb.
Well rht, here's something else you can try. When I was cleaning up a forearm for a RRB for resale on ebay a friend of mine gave me some of this stuff he used to clean gun stocks. I don't remember the brand name, but it was the stuff he uses on his porch deck. Believe me when I tell you this stock was badly stained. Nothing I tried would get it out, bleach, degreasing agents, dish soap, lacquer thinner, nothing. But when I scrubbed it with the deck cleaner it removed all the staining, every bit of it. The wood looked brand new. I guarantee you it'll work for you too.
Numrich Archiver
Joined: February 2010
Posted: February 19, 2007 08:03 AM
Well rht, here's something else you can try. When I was cleaning up a forearm for a RRB for resale on ebay a friend of mine gave me some of this stuff he used to clean gun stocks. I don't remember the brand name, but it was the stuff he uses on his porch deck. Believe me when I tell you this stock was badly stained. Nothing I tried would get it out, bleach, degreasing agents, dish soap, lacquer thinner, nothing. But when I scrubbed it with the deck cleaner it removed all the staining, every bit of it. The wood looked brand new. I guarantee you it'll work for you too.
I have never tried it on wood, but the best way to clean a skull is to boil it in Cascade auto dishwasher soap. Same with stained porceilen or coffee pot. I suspect a good scrub with a wet paste would work on stained wood and be more controlable than a liquid.
Numrich Archiver
Joined: February 2010
Posted: February 19, 2007 07:28 PM
I have never tried it on wood, but the best way to clean a skull is to boil it in Cascade auto dishwasher soap. Same with stained porceilen or coffee pot. I suspect a good scrub with a wet paste would work on stained wood and be more controlable than a liquid.
Crack was running threw the pistol grip toward the butt. I drilled it and put a screw throw and cut the ends off then filed them flush. It's just on a old Yugo 59/66A1
Numrich Archiver
Joined: February 2010
Posted: February 22, 2007 08:50 PM
Crack was running threw the pistol grip toward the butt. I drilled it and put a screw throw and cut the ends off then filed them flush. It's just on a old Yugo 59/66A1
