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reb8600
I bought a yogoslavian SKS and was cleaning up the stock. In the process I removed the finish. Does anyone know what color stain would match the original brown color? If anyone else has done this what did you use? I want to keep it looking as close to original as possible. I tried some tru-oil walnut stock stain but it is actually red not brown. Thanks

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  • reb8600
    HOW DO YOU TAKE OFF THE SKS STOCK IN ORDER TO CLEAN THE GUN
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  • familyguy
    Let me see if I have this right.....you've got a hundred dollar milsurp rifle, and you're worried someone might see it and say "HEY! That's not the correct original as-issued shade of stain on the stock!"....?

    I understand the desire to keep things 'period correct' and true to form and as-issued, etc., but if it's so important that you're worried about the particular shade of the stain, why not a collectible instead of one so common?

    I have 3 yugos, on the one I kept stock I used the tru-oil and got nothing but compliments.

    My $.02





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  • reb8600
    quote:Let me see if I have this right.....you've got a hundred dollar milsurp rifle, and you're worried someone might see it and say "HEY! That's not the correct original as-issued shade of stain on the stock!"....?

    I understand the desire to keep things 'period correct' and true to form and as-issued, etc., but if it's so important that you're worried about the particular shade of the stain, why not a collectible instead of one so common?

    Nowhere in my post did I say I was "WORRIED" about anything. I asked a simple question and I get a response like this.

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  • bigtire
    Don't know what you should use to keep the origional appearance. Why not make it look different? I've got an old norinco sks, been thinking about spraying the stock with that imitation stone finish.

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  • gun_runner
    I sanded my Yugo down and rubbed several coats of boiled linseed oil into the wood, wiping it down in between coats and also buffing the stock with 0000 steel wool in between coats after it dried.I allowed several hours if not a full twenty four hour period in between coats. It turned out great.

    Larry
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  • familyguy
    Well, I didn't mean it the way you evidently took it, so let me back up and try again.....

    What does it matter if it's original color as long as you like how it looks? If you don't like the 'red' tint of your tru-oil, try the linseed oil (or even tongue sp? oil) suggested, it will just enhance the natural color of the wood. Other than that, a nice light walnut stain might give you more of a 'brown' tint.





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  • gotstolefrom
    A pretty good easy step up from linseed and tung oil is one of the natural oil finishers like Watco. It soaks in like linseed oil or others, but it hardens (linseed oil, et. al. really never dry, it just stops soaking in and you wipe it off). The suggestions of oil / 0000 steel wool / oil / wool / etc. is right on. Since you have leached all the oil and finish off the stock, you might try a 'hand rub finish' like Watco. It does give a hard semi gloss shine, and is great for fine hardwood stocks. I have a Yugo that came out great after stripping and then wool/watco/wool/etc., and another that did not. The soft wood and 'hard drying' finish may not mesh, or I may not have gotten all the oil out of the stock first. I went back to boiled linseed oil on that one and it came out acceptably. SO... it seems the 'soft-wood' stocks will all vary on oil finishes. If you just have to have it a certain way, post a want add for an original stock... some folks put on aftermarket stocks and have no use for the original. Try what you want - you have to live with it. I doubt if you will reduce the potential sale value if you decide to just sell it anyway.

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  • nmyers
    To answer your question, you want to use an oil-based stain such as Fiebing's; I believe Brownell's also carries an oil-based stain. I don't know what kind of wood the Yugo has, but it's definitely not walnut, so you will have to experiment. I'd try medium brown, with maybe a little red-brown mixed in.

    Stain should be applied before you use BLO, Watco, or whatever sealer you choose.

    Neal
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  • slave2
    If you are really that serious about matching the original color. Take the raw stock and the finished forearm to a high quality paint store in your area. They can match any color.
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  • beantole
    I have an SKS. One of these days you'll just buy an aftermarket synthetic stock and realize the origninal stock cannot compare to the synthetic for everyday shooting and bruising and dropping and bad weather, etc.
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  • reb8600
    The linseed oil was the match I was looking for. Put the first coat on today, will do one more tomorrow. Thanks

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