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Wineman	Stock finish k31	Lead	[-]
Posts: 4 (06/12/09 11:43:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I think I have read all of the posts in the SP thread and I never found one that discussed the original finish that was applied to K31 stocks. I think one post did say Shellac, which is the same material I used to restore the finish on a Russian Mosin-Nagant 91/30. Specifically I have two from the 1950's that are Beech and I would like to reapply the original finish if possible. Thanks for the help! Wineman
Guisan		#1	[-]
Posts: 12243 (06/12/09 12:29:31) Contributing Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Problem is that it's all there in many postings but the Yuku search-function is in error now, can't wait to see that function back up again, it takes them way too long to fix that. Walnut got the linseed oil finish and beech got the shellac, refurbished walnut ones might have shellac over linseed. Guisan. Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets. No surrender. Fight to the death. Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40
SCHMIDT SHOOTER		#2	[-]
Posts: 30 (06/12/09 20:57:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	What would take off the old linseed oil finish? If I would like to try to "improve the beaver chewed butt" on my 1954 K-31, steam out the butt? stay away from the cartouche, and put on a new coat of boiled linseed oil?
Parashooter		#3	[-]
Posts: 1841 (06/12/09 21:10:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Rodents had nothing to do with it. Those are honorable hobnail tracks, earned on the cobbled parade grounds and rocky maneuver fields of proud Helvetia. Shame for thinking to obliterate those badges of valorous service! (The steam job will remove most old finish, by the way.) Last Edited By: Parashooter 06/12/09 21:14:03. Edited 1 times.
IrishSwissAmerican		#4	[-]
Posts: 14 (06/12/09 21:12:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	What a beautiful rifle. I personally think that your swiss lady has earned her service scars. Lol leave her be.
Guisan		#5	[-]
Posts: 12247 (06/13/09 04:51:14) Contributing Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I dug up a more recent posting about walnut stock finish see... http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard.yuku.com/topic/6027 Guisan. Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets. No surrender. Fight to the death. Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40
Wineman		#6	[-]
Posts: 5 (06/14/09 08:42:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I plan to leave in the character marks but give the finish a more even look. Thanks for all the replies! Wineman
jd46561		#7	[-]
Posts: 661 (06/16/09 04:24:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Wineman, I redid a Beech stock that was filthy dirty. I had to use TSP and wood Bleach on it to get it clean. (dont leave water on too long to cause warpage). I then used a golden oak stain and clear shellac . This is how it came out. The bruising to the wood unfortunately will remain. Last Edited By: jd46561 06/16/09 09:08:56. Edited 1 times.
IrishSwissAmerican		#8	[-]
Posts: 15 (06/16/09 10:21:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	jd, do you have any before pics?
jd46561		#9	[-]
Posts: 662 (06/16/09 11:04:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	No I didnt take any. Picture, flaking orange shellac, dirt imbedded in the buttstock, stains around hand gripping areas. That about sums it up.
Guisan		#10	[-]
Posts: 12253 (06/16/09 13:31:51) Contributing Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Interesting aspect, they did not use any orange shellac, it was just the cheapest shellac around with no color additive added at all, there was no need to stain these rifles, just protection and waterproofing the wood was the main issue. The reason for these rifles getting some kind of a orange look is just because the shellac got "aged" over the years that's why they look less bright. Guisan. Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets. No surrender. Fight to the death. Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40
jd46561		#11	[-]
Posts: 663 (06/16/09 14:08:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks Frank, your a book of knowledge.
Calibear		#12	[-]
Posts: 2216 (06/16/09 15:06:11) Contributing Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	jd46561 wrote: Thanks Frank, your a book of knowledge. Jeff, we're all lucky to have him here at SRDC! Frank, please leave my 'commission' under the usual 'barrel'. ....................
OldIronMan		#13	[-]
Posts: 66 (06/16/09 16:40:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Orange shellac isn't dyed. It's just not bleached much. The very cheapest raw shellac is the darkest brown sort, with progressively lighter shades of "garnet," orange, yellow and clear representing more refinement with methods like chlorine bleaching and charcoal filtration. "A cheerful heart is good medicine."
DON1937.parallaxscurioa...		#14	[-]
Posts: 125 (06/18/09 16:41:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have several with walnut that look about like yours. I like the walnut stocks that look like they've been used so I wont touch mine.

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