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01-03-2012, 04:01 AM
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refinishing a mosin
I was bored and noticed my mosin stock was already dinged up 
So i took a heat gun and stripped the cosmoline from it and went sanding from there
I went up to a 220 grit sandpaper and then used some steel wool to smooth it out
I just stained it and i am waiting for it to dry so i can put a verithane finish on it
And yes i will post pictures 
What's your guys way of refinishing a milsulp rifle?
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01-03-2012, 04:05 AM
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I used acetone and steel wool to strip it, stained it with a cheap colonial walnut stain, no further finish. Turned out pretty good I think.
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01-03-2012, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by trip286
I used acetone and steel wool to strip it, stained it with a cheap colonial walnut stain, no further finish. Turned out pretty good I think.
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No further finish?
What about waterproofing?
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01-03-2012, 07:07 AM
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None. I even carried it in the rain while hunting recently and the water just rolled off. It may be a multi purpose thing I used, but I don't even know, I just wanted to get rid of the red color and quick.
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01-03-2012, 02:30 PM
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What color are the stocks suppose to be? Mines getting ragged looking, and it just sits in the case most of the time...
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01-03-2012, 02:35 PM
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They are a reddish color. I don't know of that color is original or not, but all rearsenaled rifles are redthey get real damn close to lipstick red in some cases.
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01-04-2012, 12:55 AM
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I didn't want to change my first Mosin I just wanted it to renew it. I stripped it with mineral spirits and steel wool, then steamed all of the dings and dents out. I tried to reproduce the color with a walnut and bloodbay mahogany mix. It looks 90% better and very close to origional. Not the rearsenaled orange. It was never rearsenaled.
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01-04-2012, 12:58 AM
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Fuzzy cell phone pic, but it conveys the color I went with.
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01-04-2012, 05:02 AM
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Should i do a linseed oil finish or verethane final finish?
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01-04-2012, 05:08 AM
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I wouldn't know, but a lot of people swear by linseed oil.
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