Stock staining
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Topic: Stock staining
Posted By: Rockydog
Subject: Stock staining
Date Posted: 09 January 2011 at 16:00
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The tenite stock on my Father's 124 Stevens has given up the ghost. I was able to order a walnut buttstock from Boyds on close out. They are discontinuing this model. Good used Tenite buttstocks are nonexistant. Boyds does not make a walnut forend. If I have to, I'll make one but it's not an easy project as it holds the a magazine tube, spring, etc. I'm wondering if anyone here has ever stained a stock to match a forend? I'd like to finish this stock with about 7 - 8 coats of wet sanded, thinned boiled linseed or perhaps thinned Truoil until the last 2 coats. I've done this before and the results were pretty nice for a first time try. Anyway, I'm thinking if I dry sand the stock to furniture grade and stain that I could remove the stain in spots and make a blotchy finish when sanding. Perhaps I could blend the stain into the linseed and stain as I go but don't know what proportions I should try. Last time I wet sanded with 1000 grit and 50-50 min spirits and linseed for 2 coats. Then went 1/3-2/3 for two coats, then went 20-80 for two, then 1 sanding with straight Truoil and then a truoil finish coat with no sanding. I used increasingly finer grits as I went. Where might I add the stain to try and match the dark brown tenite color we all know and love. ------------- When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson |
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Posted By: Irish Bird Dog
Date Posted: 09 January 2011 at 16:57
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wow, how did a tenite stock wear out???? I have one on an old Stevens single shot 20ga. It could get busted I suppose but wore out????? one thing I did many yrs ago after a truoil application to an old gun stock I was trying to refinnish, was to final rub it with rotten stone (pumice) and a bit of oil.....gave sorta glassy look. ------------- Irish Bird Dog NRA Life/Endowment 2nd Amendment Supporter |
Posted By: Rob1
Date Posted: 09 January 2011 at 17:05
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I haven't seen one of those stocks. Generally when staining the wet sand option is ditched as it makes a mess of the stain job. Will tenite take stain? ------------- last in line for the nobel peace prize. first in line for pie Charter Member of the Round Earth Society |
Posted By: Rockydog
Date Posted: 09 January 2011 at 17:27
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Rob, I was hoping you'd chime in here. So you are saying that perhaps I could paint or other wise alter the tenite forearm to match the new walnut buttstock? I hadn't thought of that. The tenite is a very hard early plastic. More like bakelite I guess. The tenite gets old and brittle and crumbles over time. Maybe I'll just have to figure out a way to make a forestock over time. Tough to accurately bore out a 1" hole about 12" deep though. Maybe I could mill it and glass bed the tube. RD ------------- When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson |
Posted By: fryboy
Date Posted: 10 January 2011 at 02:36
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have you ever seen the tv shows of the guys painting steel
doors to look like rosewood or other woods ? the same should apply , sadly my faux finish friend has moved out of state and lost contact but i believe the oil finish part will be out , a deep red brown stain with highlites of black mite do the trick , spot/mottle a lil black and then use a stain the color of tenite on top would be my best guess , the black should of soaked into the wood and the brown should be thin enough to see some black thru it ( all speculation on my part ie; try on scrap first ) |
Posted By: Thecyberguy
Date Posted: 10 January 2011 at 13:05
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RD...wish I could remember where I saw the site that a guy had a tracer router setup and could trace an original stock and make a new one. It looked cool. I don't have any idea how expensive and I can not find the site. I will look some more. TCG |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 January 2011 at 00:27
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Most large home remodeling stores (Lowe's, etc) have wood-look finishing kits (aka paint) that will work on plastic, steel etc. I had a cheap gun that someone refinished that way, looked real good, even had grain. My plastic stocked 1940s Steven pump has not deteriorated, and the tenite has a grain like swirl to the walnut color. Not beautiful, but OK. looks better than the black syn stocks of today. |
Posted By: fryboy
Date Posted: 12 January 2011 at 13:55
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u have a bud who did a cheap sks stock in the faux stone
finish and then again in black with white web , he liked that so much he did a cz-52 to match |