I've been wanting to make a stock for quite a while, but my shop time has been very limited as of late, so I decided to refinish a wood stock I picked up on the cheap. I've never refinished one before, so there were some learning opportunities along the way.
Anyways, the stock is off a Marlin 60, 22lr rifle and was in really good condition to begin with. One of the model 60's I have is the shorter barrel in stainless that I thought would look good with a black stock, but I didn't want synthetic. I was planning on ebonizing this stock using a "bark tea" recipe, but after getting the old finish off, decided to clear coat this one. I will be ebonizing the other one I am currently working on.
Stock in as-found, original condition:
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I've read online that most people will use stripper to remove the top coat and stain, but I went straight to my random orbit sander (ROS) with some lightly worn 220 grit sandpaper to keep from removing too much wood. Here is the stock after 10 minutes or so.
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Anyways, the stock is off a Marlin 60, 22lr rifle and was in really good condition to begin with. One of the model 60's I have is the shorter barrel in stainless that I thought would look good with a black stock, but I didn't want synthetic. I was planning on ebonizing this stock using a "bark tea" recipe, but after getting the old finish off, decided to clear coat this one. I will be ebonizing the other one I am currently working on.
Stock in as-found, original condition:
I've read online that most people will use stripper to remove the top coat and stain, but I went straight to my random orbit sander (ROS) with some lightly worn 220 grit sandpaper to keep from removing too much wood. Here is the stock after 10 minutes or so.
