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micmac
I'm refinishing the stock on my Remington 760. I've tried to finishing it with a poly based coating recommended to me by my local gun smith. The problem I have is the checkering. I tapped it off and did 2 coats which looked pretty good on the rest of the stock. However when I took the tape off the coating had pooled on the corners and looked bad. I stripped the stocks and I'm starting over. I would like to use something that can go right over the checkering without having to tape it off. Is there any finish that goes on like a stain and won't get goopy in the checkering? I was thinking of tung oil but I have no experience.
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  • weaselguys
    Hi Formby's tung oil is a good finish for a gun stock , but will not have the same plastic coated look of the remington stocks .I have used tung oil many times without a problem.You can get it in different finish to gloss , satin....

    robert
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  • Der Gebirgsjager
    I can sympathize with your problem, having been there. If you were back at the situation you were in before you stripped the stocks for a second time, I would have suggested that you let everything dry well and then remove the excess finish from the edges of the checkering with a checkering tool. As for tung oil, I currently use Chem-Pak Pro Oil for many of my stock jobs. This comes as a liquid or an areosol. The areosol comes in high gloss and satin, and the liquid is high gloss only, but can always be rubbed back to a satin. It is, I believe, a tung oil base with fast drying agents added and gloss added (depending). It is quick drying, and the satin aerosol doesn't run if applied moderately and is very quick-drying, but you've got to watch for runs with the high gloss aerosol. If you like satin finishes, the satin aerosol is a joy to use. If you want a high gloss, then I would go with the liquid, and apply numerous thin coats with your fingers, applying in a circular motion to fill in pores,, and sanding lightly with 0000 steel wool about every 4th coat to even out the finish and get rid of airborne dust particles. I would, once again, tape the checkering, pressing the masking tape deeply into the checkering borders with my thumbnail. When the desired level of finish is reached, remove the tape and remove any excess finish that might have crept under the edges of the tape (should be about none at all), and then apply just one coat of the oil to the checkered areas with a toothbrush. Apply sparingly, or you'll get runs out of the checkered areas onto the rest of the stock. This will protect the checkered areas and give a nice contrast to the rest of the stock.
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  • Hangfire
    I have been finishing stocks for over 40 years and DGs advice is right on. I always tape off the checkering regardless of the finish. However, instead of a checkering tool I use a checkering file to clean it up. After clean up . a thinned solution of the finish is applied and then wiped off. You can get the files from Brownells...they last forever.

    www.brownells.com

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob

    Just an afterthought....I always put on a couple of coats of finish then wet sand with the finish material and leave a slurry mix on the wood. This slurry fills the grain. After it is really dry the next wet sanding will remove the haze and will leave the wood perfectly smooth.
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