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I want to stain and refinish a stock that has what looks to be tru-oil or some other similar type finish. there does not appear to be any stain in the wood. what is the best type of finish remover for a re-stain and refinish job such as this.
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Geo, would Formby's work with a poly finish?
I've got an 1960s Browning A5 that I'm about to undertake a refinish on.
I used citristrip to take my AyA 4/53 back to the bare wood. It worked great to take off a a relatively thick poly re-finish.
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I always looked at Formby products mostly as products for Nimrods...
Formby should have called Tung Oil...Dung Oil
They say the non toxic Citrus Strip will cut the epoxy/poly finishes...I've got a gun I need to try it on just been too busy to worry about it.
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Never heard of them....more along the lines of the Elmer Fudds.
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I used citristrip for removing this poly finish:. [/u][u]
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A formby product would work on Poly, but it is a more gentle treatment and would take longer...Geo
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Nice...Is that an after and before pic ?
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Nice...Is that an after and before pic ? No. The first picture is the poly finish. Second one is with finish removed. I did a traditional alkanet stain, slakum oil finish on it. Several missteps along the way, but it came out nice and I learned a lot This is after:
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Woodreaux,
can i ask where you obtained the alkanet stain and slackum?
It looks from the before and after that the alkanet enhanced the existing figure, which was nice, yes? how many coats of stain did you apply.
very nice refinish.
thanks for posting John
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