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Post by todddoyka on Jun 22, 2022 9:50:42 GMT -7
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Post by Bullshop on Jun 24, 2022 7:00:31 GMT -7
Tod I wish you were closer as I have a roughed out stock set for my 50-90 roller that harasses me from its perch on the closet shelf every time I walk by. I feel so intimidated by it. Lucky for the stock that I am a merciful man and have resisted butchering it into an unrecognizable mass of cellulose. Wood working is not my strong point.
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Post by todddoyka on Jun 24, 2022 9:09:52 GMT -7
wood working is a skill that i have yet to master..........i have a rough cut sporterized 1898 krag in my gun rack. all it does is snarl at me when i go to touch it. i'm scared!!!!!!
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Post by Bullshop on Jun 24, 2022 16:18:51 GMT -7
Tod your confession has made my situation seem hopeless. I will need to purchase a bottle of bravery and become intimate with it then battle the tree bone.
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Post by todddoyka on Jun 25, 2022 10:55:33 GMT -7
this is my 1st go with 340 grit. i wipe a little bit of water, just to see if it look right.  |
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Post by todddoyka on Jun 29, 2022 12:44:37 GMT -7
i have three sanding done with 400 grit and now i'm filling with neutral filler.   i waited about 15 minutes per side and then i wiped the filler off. tommorow it should be dried and then i have to sand it to 400 grit again.  |
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Post by todddoyka on Jul 5, 2022 11:30:59 GMT -7
after sanding it with 400 grit and copper/bronze wool, this is one coat of antique oil. i was going to do two, but it is muggy out, 90-95% humidity. i was trying to get minwax wipe on poly, but i went to three stores and nada. so i got some minwax fast drying polyurethane warm gloss. then today, when i was looking at the stock, i go to myself, "you forgot the brushes, dimwit." so i go to amazon and buy a 2" fine brislte brush and just for kicks, some 2" foam brushes. i never did poly with a foam brush, but i'll try it.   |
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Post by todddoyka on Jul 8, 2022 11:19:37 GMT -7
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Post by todddoyka on Jul 11, 2022 12:10:42 GMT -7
at a cheaper price!!! i'm in!!!!! where do i sign up? today i'm trying minwax poly with a warm gloss AND mineral spirits, a 3 minwax to 1 spirits. my friend said to use it and a lint free cloth-like and i just happen to have it. he told me that a wipe on poly is expensive and to mix poly with spirits(3:1) will do the same thing that wipe on does, at a cheaper price!!! i first cooper wool the stock and then i cheese clothed it. then i wiped the stock off with lint free cloth. so i used a skippy peanut jar, 3 oz of poly and 1oz of mineral spirits. then GENTLY shake the jar. i have a a small tupperware bowl that i could splash some it. then a folded lint free cloth is gently put in the 3:1. i put the mixture on the stock the same way the wood grain goes. when i was done, the stock is hung up to dry. the stock looks good wet, i'll have to see it dry, which will be tommorow. i'll probably do 3 coat of 3:1 and then i will do either rottenstone and 3:1 oil or i will just johnsons paste wax it. i'll have to see. and i forgot my phone/camera upstairs and i don't feel like gettin it!!!!!
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Post by todddoyka on Jul 12, 2022 11:14:42 GMT -7
this is what it looks like dry  this is the 2nd coat of 3:1   the 3:1 really surprised me, i had one small run that i used 400 grit, 4/0 copper wool and lint free cloth to sand off. i did that and then a 2nd coat. i'll have to see the stock when it dries. |
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Post by todddoyka on Jul 13, 2022 10:37:28 GMT -7
today i did the 3rd coat. it was good for the 2nd coat, but i'm told that 3 - 5 coats will be necessary. i copper wooled the stock after the 2nd coat, then i cheese cloth and lint free cloth it. i was surprised(again) at the smoothness of the poly. there are small spots which "bubble" (i don't know the word) up, but copper wool will fix that. i think i'll rotten stone and 3:1 oil the stock before i put johnsons paste wax.
i've been wondering if i could poly on my other stocks? i know that i'll have to take off the johnson's paste wax, but will either 99% isopropyl alcohol or mineral spirits be able to take the wax off? is there something better?
i know, no pictures. i forgot my phone again and really, the 3rd coat is the same as the 2nd coat.......lol!!!!!
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Post by todddoyka on Jul 14, 2022 11:46:22 GMT -7
4th and probably final coat 3:1 poly. thenits wait a week and then rottenstone and 3:1 oil.   |
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Post by todddoyka on Aug 22, 2022 12:18:25 GMT -7
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Post by grasshopper on Aug 22, 2022 15:24:53 GMT -7
That looks great Todd! Great job! Somebody is going to be a happy camper with that one for sure!!!!👍
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