SWAMPDOG is A real Bonehead!!!
12-13-2008 | 09:28 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Danville Va. U.S.A.
SWAMPDOG is A real Bonehead!!!
Well I did it this time.Was cleaning a few rifles yesterday.Using plenty of Gunscrubber.Well ran out of that had someBrake cleaner.What the hey.Got a mint BAR Belgium last year for a song.Needless to say I got some of that S&%T on my beautiful walnut stock ,It just rolled up the varnish and where it didn't roll it it stained the piss out of it.I almost got sick on my stomach.Now Can I do some light sanding like 1000 or 1200 and try to blend in with poly.Take it to somebody forget it or try to find a new/used stock and forearm.This is basicly a safe queen not my everyday go to.But if I have a extra purdy gun I usually try to keep it that way unless it is a user.Any of you that wants to kick me in the old Keister feel free I can't reach it my self
12-13-2008 | 09:43 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Somewhere in Michigan
RE: SWAMPDOG is A real Bonehead!!!
Pull the stock off and refinish it as a winter project! The cost and time required will be punishment enough plus you will learn something in the process too!
12-13-2008 | 03:04 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: central Ky
RE: SWAMPDOG is A real Bonehead!!!
Basically brake parts cleaner WILL disolve finish as you found out,but that's all I ever use now to blast insides out from powder fouling residue,as it does same job as gunscrubber but at fraction of cost. 
but then you already knew that. As to finish,the best you can possibly get is offered by brownells,is epoxy based,and is called "acra-coat". The main bad thing about it is it takes 3 whole days for each coat to dry. Another finish I use a lot of is also offered by brownells,and recently midway too,called custom oil. As you probably guessed by now,you'll NEVER be able to match the old finish exactly where it won't be noticed by sharp eyes. Anyway,what you do is airbrush it on,rub between coats,repeat as neccesary 15-20 times. For that old browning,use the gloss. If you don't have access to airbrush/air compressor with dryer (dryer is IMPORTANT!!!),fret not-they also offer it in aresol.
but then you already knew that. As to finish,the best you can possibly get is offered by brownells,is epoxy based,and is called "acra-coat". The main bad thing about it is it takes 3 whole days for each coat to dry. Another finish I use a lot of is also offered by brownells,and recently midway too,called custom oil. As you probably guessed by now,you'll NEVER be able to match the old finish exactly where it won't be noticed by sharp eyes. Anyway,what you do is airbrush it on,rub between coats,repeat as neccesary 15-20 times. For that old browning,use the gloss. If you don't have access to airbrush/air compressor with dryer (dryer is IMPORTANT!!!),fret not-they also offer it in aresol.
12-13-2008 | 06:56 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: SWAMPDOG is A real Bonehead!!!
If you want it finished to original Browning factory finish and valuethen send it to Arts GunShopin Missouri.
He was the main man at Browning for years and knows all of Brownings factory finish recipes over the yearsand duplicatesany Browning factory finish to perfection.
I believe this is his Web site but not 100%. http://www.artsgunshop.com/price-list.htmIt has been several years since I met him.
We just call and ship the guns to him. If you want to go this rout let me know and I gan get you his Ph#.
He was the main man at Browning for years and knows all of Brownings factory finish recipes over the yearsand duplicatesany Browning factory finish to perfection.
I believe this is his Web site but not 100%. http://www.artsgunshop.com/price-list.htmIt has been several years since I met him.
We just call and ship the guns to him. If you want to go this rout let me know and I gan get you his Ph#.
