RE: Beat up gun stock. Restore or buy new?
 

There are wood shops around your home that can dip the stock - returning it to it's original wood -- then you refinish it from there.

RE: Beat up gun stock. Restore or buy new?
 

That's what I thought too, but I just checked ebay, and there are 284 rifle stocks listed..........

RE: Beat up gun stock. Restore or buy new?
 

After years of experimenting,I have finally perfected stock finish. I blend tung oil,urethane,and epoxy with a bonding agent. Spray on with larger airbrush and 0000 steel wool between coats. It usually takes about 20 coats to get desiredfinal finish. -And sorry folks but exact formula is my secret.:D

RE: Beat up gun stock. Restore or buy new?
 

Just a note on something my dad (also a gun nut) taught me-if your stock has many dings and scratches take a piece of window glass, and with good long gloves on, break it into pieces. The ones you can comfortablly hold in your hand-like 3" x 3" or so-are used for scraping off all the old finish quickly and easily. Then sand with fine sandpaper. Then get the stock wet with a rag, let it dry and sand with even finer paper. I have great success with this method of prep. Enjoy yourself! This is not work.

RE: Beat up gun stock. Restore or buy new?
 

There are many ways to remove old finishes that do not involve breaking glass. You can buy scrapping blades at many hardware / woodworking stores. There are also chemical such as turpentine you can apply to remove the finish especially the non polyurethane finishes.

RE: Beat up gun stock. Restore or buy new?
 

The best way to remove remington finish is the STRONGEST stripper you can get. Certistrip from www.brownells.com is the best. Remington and browning has hard epoxy like finish and must be chemically stripped.