If you (and anyone else interested) can wait until next week, I can hopefully help. If you are willing to go that route, then you too can have an eye popper work of art. Is it worth the expense or effort? That is the question! Most people are not willing to put that much effort into refinishing their wood. This is what seperates us from refinishers that replace what is on your wood. The reason we charge so much is the time consuming process that will show the wood off. (= more ammo for shooting?!) What type of finish you do will mean a lot for the appearance. Doing it yourself will certainly save you a lot of money. In my shop, we charge $200 to $350 to do all that. The only stripper I have found that will even work is the aircraft paint stripper usually found in most auto parts stores. This way you can really show off what you have. For the rest of us -and especially with a nice piece of wood, it is usually better to strip it and start over. The cabinet shop can just spray over the old with new and off you go. Unless you are a professional cabinet shop, access to this stuff isn't likely. It is also likely the new stuff won't stick well to the old stuff and will soon slough off. It is possible at times to use other coatings to approximately match the appearance, but that is all you are going to get.approximate (as you found out). Because of the factory using a finish that is so hard and so inert/impervious to just about anything, makes it difficult to patch or repair. It is almost as hard as a teen-ager's head, and dry/cure very quickly with no runs. The finish is made to be sprayed onto a roughly sanded finishes and produces a smooth surface.
The better brands (like yours) now use a post/pre catalyzed acrylic finished that is a bear to remove and really impossible to replicate. Finishes on the cheaper firearms use a urethane or modified lacquer finish that can on occasion be repaired. Sorry to hear about all your work not panning out.ĭuplicating an existing finish on a modern rifle is problematic at best.
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