Fire damaged Buffalo Bill restore

[fast306stang]

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Yes sir. First coat of tru oil was 50/50 mix of tru oil and turpentine. It’s thinner and also adds a reddish color to it. From here on it will be all straight tru oil. The desired result is a reddish brown color with the contrasting grain. This is another stock I did the same way. Provides kind of a unique color. Obviously the overall result is going to vary from one piece of wood to another.

I got ya. That one looks awesome as well! I like the red. The only experience I have with refinishing stocks is using tru oil. I didn't thin it out the first time I used it and it was a serious pain to work with. The second time I realized that thinning it out was the ticket. I don't remember what I used to thin it out but it wasn't turpentine. I wish I had known that, I would have liked to had some red in the tint.

 

[loadnplenty]

You won’t want to use the turp/tru oil combo in the house. It smell is super strong.
Here is what the color is with the turp/tru oil looks like.

 

[loadnplenty]

Second full strength coat of tru oil on the butt stock. First application of Alkanet root to the forearm.

 

[loadnplenty]

Doing a little wet sanding tonight with 2k grit paper. Gonna get the finish move and smooth.

 

[boomdad]

You sir are an artist!

 

[loadnplenty]

You sir are an artist!

Not quite lol, but thank you.

 

[loadnplenty]

After the wet sand I did a quick rub down with 0000 steel wool. Now to work it with a 5K pad for a bit.

 

[loadnplenty]

After polishing with the 5K pad I am happy with the results of the butstock. It is ready for a final polishing with liquid by hand.

The forearm has shown a places that need a little more tru oil applied before final polish.

 

[Horsehat]

Nice, subd.

 

[fast306stang]

The 2k and 5k pads...do you use them dry? Now i want a rifle to play around with...that looks phenomenal...