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I am in the middle of several stock de-oiling and re-finish projects.

In the beginning I was acetone heavy but at this point I am using Citri-strip to initially remove finish and rarely pull out the acetone.

I know there are many ways to skin a cat but has anyone found any disadvantage or the Citri-strip or is there just a generally accepted better way?

Acetone is just harsh and expensive.

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I use Citristrip but When done I wash the stock in hot water and Dawn dish soap. Scrubbing the checkering with a stiff nylon brush . The hot soapy water clean the stock nicely and raises dents.

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I follow up the freshly stripped stock with hat water rinse and then a spray of foaming "Crud cutter" doing its thing for 5-7 mins and then another hot rinse and one more application of the Crud Cutter. I Rinse off again and then let dry to evaluate what de-oiling and repair effort may be next in line. Probably does about the same with the dawn rinse. I have to say the foaming Crud cutter does a yeoman's job of this first step cleaning.

So far I have not noticed any ill effects but I also have not gotten past the de-oil and repairs on any but a couple stocks. I am just starting to re-apply finish on those.

I am taking plenty of pics so I will eventually report with pics.

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I just removed most of the finish of a 1920 era LC Smith field grade stock with nothing but denatured alcohol and a cotton reg. Left most of the stain. Varnish was all flakey and wrinkely but clean it up pretty good.

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Originally Posted By: Travis S
I just removed most of the finish of a 1920 era LC Smith field grade stock with nothing but denatured alcohol and a cotton reg. Left most of the stain. Varnish was all flakey and wrinkely but clean it up pretty good.


What this means is that the finish was not varnish. Denatured alcohol won't remove varnish. What you removed was almost certainly a shellac finish. Old shellac often gets flaky and wrinkled. Your alcohol dissolved the old alligatored shellac and some of the thinned shellac probably went into the wood.

I also found a shellac finish on a 1920's 16 ga. L.C. Smith Field Grade gun that I picked up at a gun show. The stock looked like crap, which certainly contributed to the low price. This finish was easily removed with alcohol, right down to the wood. There did not seem to be any other finish underneath, so this makes me wonder if Hunter Arms didn't use shellac on some of their guns, because it didn't appear that the gun had ever been refinished. I also bought a Baker double that had a very alligatored finish. I was sure it was refinished with shellac, as it was even slopped onto the metal. I removed it with denatured alcohol, and found that the original stock finish underneath was still intact and in good shape.


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yes the wood on this stock is really nice and the finish came off pretty easy it's going to be a really easy refinish no cracks no dark oil spots straight forward just refinish

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