Ironwood Designs AK-47 Furniture Finishing (Pics Inside)

[sovietak474u]

I dont know what it is about finished wood that gives the rifle such.... flare. Just stands out.

 

[Dynamis]

I dont know what it is about finished wood that gives the rifle such.... flare. Just stands out. the name of the finish you used?

Rifle #1: Watco Danish Oil "Natural" x6 coats.
Rifle #2: Rustoleum "Cabernet" Premium Stain and DEFT© Gloss Polyurethane topcoat.

 

[sovietak474u]

Rifle #1: Watco Danish Oil "Natural" x6 coats.
Rifle #2: Rustoleum "Cabernet" Premium Stain and DEFT© Gloss Polyurethane topcoat.

How many layers of top coat did you put on it? It sure looks nice and shiny. Im a tad bit jealous.

 

[Dynamis]

How many layers of top coat did you put on it? It sure looks nice and shiny. Im a tad bit jealous.

It's not quite a shiny as the pictures lead you to believe but it's close. At any rate, I put about 8 total topcoats with 400 sanding after 4th and 7th coats.

 

[Hasselhoss]

A few slightly better shots

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[Dynamis]

Very nice!!!

 

[Hasselhoss]

The last coat is now dry but I am not happy with the color. It is beautiful and all but I want something different. It is much more brown than I wanted. I want RED. I also want the true beauty of the laminate to show through. I want it to look aged and worn on the edges and high points.






Yep, I'm going backwards, I'm going to age it. I don't want it to look like the rest.

 

[Zastava]

Nice Job! That tint is vibrant and the poly too

Ok, about done with the second set. American Black Walnut with red tinted cabernet crimson stain and 7 final top coats of DEFT poly. I just finished the 6th of the 7 final top coats this morning. Pics of the assembled rifle to come this evening. Enjoy.

 

[Rick Terscale]

Beautiful, guys!

I just finished A MAK-90 with Min-Wax in "Sedona red" and finished up with Min-wax satin poly. This is the original MAK furniture; I stripped it, reshaped it and refinished It. I hollowed the thumbhole stock and thinned out the grip area. It's not as nice as ya'lls, but I thought it would be nice to show what this min-wax color looks like.

 

[Hasselhoss]

Beautiful, guys!

I just finished A MAK-90 with Min-Wax in "Sedona red" and finished up with Min-wax satin poly. This is the original MAK furniture; I stripped it, reshaped it and refinished It. I hollowed the thumbhole stock and thinned out the grip area. It's not as nice as ya'lls, but I thought it would be nice to show what this min-wax color looks like.

lol, why not? Probably learned a lot in the process as well.

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