My son wants to refinish the stock on his "new" Glenfield model 60. It's a 1979, and the stock is a little beat up and sun bleached. I'm all for the boy taking the initiative to hand work some wood, and improve the look and value of his rifle. Not to mention that he bought it with his own money, so it's his anyway (even if my name is on the federal paperwork), and I haven't much say in the matter. I have no problem buying the supplies for such an endeavor. Being a 12 year old boy, he loves camouflage, and since he will be using the rifle to hunt small game and varmints, camo is somewhat appropriate and a little more unique.
However, I personally think that it is a sin to put paint on hardwood, and cover up the immaculate artwork known as wood-grain, and I simply won't allow it in my house.
Since stain is now available in just about any color you can imagine, I think somebody ought to give camouflage a shot in that wonderful medium. Why not us? The only hard part I can think of (other than creating the pattern) is keeping the intersecting edges from bleeding together and becoming too dark, but that doesn't seem to be reason enough not to try it, does it? We may even just overlap the colors, using the lightest one as a base. We'll probably test it out on a plank first to make sure that we're not completely mad (O.K. I admit we're completely mad, but that's beside the point).
Has anyone done this, or heard of it being done? Can you think of any reason that we should not do this, or have any suggestions of how to do it right? Do you have any suggestions on how to best strip the stock but retain the (squirrel) etching?
We live in the North-East, so our forests have a good mix of softwood (mostly Eastern White Pine and Juniper) and hardwood (lots of maple, but plenty of others too), and we have all four seasons (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Mud) too. What colors would you suggest? What methods of application/stenciling would you think I should use? Do you know of any printable stenciling available in .pdf or .jpg?
For now, I'm leaning towards using a light colored base, and masking tape stencils for the (progressively) darker colors, but I'm easily persuaded by smarter, more knowledgeable, or just better looking people.
tia & cheers.
:tee:
However, I personally think that it is a sin to put paint on hardwood, and cover up the immaculate artwork known as wood-grain, and I simply won't allow it in my house.
Since stain is now available in just about any color you can imagine, I think somebody ought to give camouflage a shot in that wonderful medium. Why not us? The only hard part I can think of (other than creating the pattern) is keeping the intersecting edges from bleeding together and becoming too dark, but that doesn't seem to be reason enough not to try it, does it? We may even just overlap the colors, using the lightest one as a base. We'll probably test it out on a plank first to make sure that we're not completely mad (O.K. I admit we're completely mad, but that's beside the point).Has anyone done this, or heard of it being done? Can you think of any reason that we should not do this, or have any suggestions of how to do it right? Do you have any suggestions on how to best strip the stock but retain the (squirrel) etching?
We live in the North-East, so our forests have a good mix of softwood (mostly Eastern White Pine and Juniper) and hardwood (lots of maple, but plenty of others too), and we have all four seasons (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Mud) too. What colors would you suggest? What methods of application/stenciling would you think I should use? Do you know of any printable stenciling available in .pdf or .jpg?
For now, I'm leaning towards using a light colored base, and masking tape stencils for the (progressively) darker colors, but I'm easily persuaded by smarter, more knowledgeable, or just better looking people.
tia & cheers.
:tee:
