KRC
Active Member
I am (attempting) to refinish this old 40X stock.
I am not good with wood.
Two questions to wood guys:
1) I have used a small orbital sander and have removed the deep grime, surface staining and many of the scratches and dents. I've gone down to 240 grit. I plan to use a light colored oil based stain followed by a clear coat. It will be a week or so before the 400 grit sandpaper arrives, but the stock seems amazingly smooth as it is now. Do I need to go to a much finer grit before staining?
2) I would like this stock to show some grain, but still be quite light in color. Although it looks very light when sanded, if I wet the stock with water, it goes quite dark. Would "Golden Oak" color stain be a good choice for this?
(I also posted this under the "Shotguns" topic with a resurrected thread.)
I am not good with wood.
Two questions to wood guys:
1) I have used a small orbital sander and have removed the deep grime, surface staining and many of the scratches and dents. I've gone down to 240 grit. I plan to use a light colored oil based stain followed by a clear coat. It will be a week or so before the 400 grit sandpaper arrives, but the stock seems amazingly smooth as it is now. Do I need to go to a much finer grit before staining?
2) I would like this stock to show some grain, but still be quite light in color. Although it looks very light when sanded, if I wet the stock with water, it goes quite dark. Would "Golden Oak" color stain be a good choice for this?
(I also posted this under the "Shotguns" topic with a resurrected thread.)