millsy44 72 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Right guys, i recently bought a 2nd hand bsa super10, the stock was a bit worn so i decided to re stain it, stupidly i diddnt test the stain first, sanded the gun, then added the first coat of stain, i hate the colour, but decided to give it a chance and gave it a second coat to see if the colour darkened, it diddnt!! thought id put the clear varnish on to see if that made any difference, it diddnt!! What do i do to get the stock back to plain wood?? can i use turps to take the varnish off?? and then if i sand will i get the stain off?? HELP PLEASE!! Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,730 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Right guys, i recently bought a 2nd hand bsa super10, the stock was a bit worn so i decided to re stain it, stupidly i diddnt test the stain first, sanded the gun, then added the first coat of stain, i hate the colour, but decided to give it a chance and gave it a second coat to see if the colour darkened, it diddnt!! thought id put the clear varnish on to see if that made any difference, it diddnt!! What do i do to get the stock back to plain wood?? can i use turps to take the varnish off?? and then if i sand will i get the stain off?? HELP PLEASE!! nitromos paint/varnish stripper until all the varnish is gone and then wash it with hot soapy water. leave it to dry 24 hours then lightly sand away the old stain. then your back to square one, and ready for your different colour stain. Quote Link to post
terrierjohn 49 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Right guys, i recently bought a 2nd hand bsa super10, the stock was a bit worn so i decided to re stain it, stupidly i diddnt test the stain first, sanded the gun, then added the first coat of stain, i hate the colour, but decided to give it a chance and gave it a second coat to see if the colour darkened, it diddnt!! thought id put the clear varnish on to see if that made any difference, it diddnt!! What do i do to get the stock back to plain wood?? can i use turps to take the varnish off?? and then if i sand will i get the stain off?? HELP PLEASE!! nitromos paint/varnish stripper until all the varnish is gone and then wash it with hot soapy water. leave it to dry 24 hours then lightly sand away the old stain. then your back to square one, and ready for your different colour stain. as this man said nitromos will takee it all back to the wood without damaging it Quote Link to post
millsy44 72 Posted December 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Cheers lads just been to the local gun shop and he sold me what i need, gun is now back down to its original wood, looking loads better, i also bought some birchwood casey true oil, hopefully it will give me a better result. Thanks again Quote Link to post
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