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JayCee,
Your gun has beautiful wood! Love the depth in the finish and the fact that it doesn't appear to be a hi-gloss look. Could you please post before refinish and during refinish picture of the gun.
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Hansli, here a couple of old photos I found that can give you an idea of the "before":   When briskly shaken before applying, the concoction does blurr but becomes very well homogenized. I am not entirely sure the carnauba is just water based, what I do know is that it is water soluble. JC(AL)
Last edited by JayCee; 12/11/06 12:32 PM.
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Sorry Rockdoc, no "during" pictures. My mistake.
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Quite a transformation considering it's not a refinish.
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Quite a change, a true "diamond in the rough". That's one of the things I've learned to look for in guns is wood that has an old worn out finish. It does such a wonder to the gun to make that old wood look nice again.
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JayCee - Very nice! That is what I had in muind when doing my Army & Navy .410 that you were posted the pics of earlier in this thread. When I first got it the wood was nearly black, with the grain totally hidden. While I managed to keep much patina, the wood really looks much better now with a soft shine without being too glossy.
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Jaycee,
Not bad, you have a tidy gun now and only you can choose wether to carry on the oil applications to obtain the depth of finish I personally prefer.
Ken my veteran stockmaking friend gave me a couple of bottles of brew the other day, one of them was Carver's oil and the other was Iron filings in vinegar stock colouring, very nice hazelnut brown.
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Salopian, thank you for your words of ecouragement!
I am not done yet. I am still applying minute quatities of the concoction as per your instructions and rubbing them by hand (even wiping my hand on an old t-shirt while I rub so the quantity applied is at a minimum), letting stand for 24 hours between applications.
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JayCee
Did you recut the checkering or was it just full of dirt originally? It's beautiful!
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Jaycee,
It sounds like at last I have found someone who listens?
That method is the very essence of success.Apply a drop of oil, about as big as a fingernail, and push it around and into the wood until it has gone, set aside for about 40 minutes and then buff the stock with a piece of cotton tee shirt until all residual oil is gone.Then set aside for 24+hours in a warm environment.
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