Dementia+ingraving tool=mess

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My dear deceased mother, before her death and before my dad got all the guns out of her grasp was scared of most everything. One day she decided to take one of those vibrating type carbide tip engraving tools and carved he SS# on anything loose and of perceived value in her house. TV, stereo, stove, lamps, whatever. I was living out of state when she decided to work on the stock of my rifles. The finish is otherwise good but those 1" numbers kind of makes a person's head turn. I had thought of taking them to a furniture repair place. Most gun shops I know of don't do this type of thing. I live in the middle part of NC. I don't mind do-it-yourself if someone know of a web site or the like.
 
Um, refinishing isn't that hard, pics would help
for the wood, if it isn't removed you could try steaming it and touching up the finish
 
How easily the numbers can be removed depends a lot on the type of tool used. If the indentations are shallow, just scraping them with a single edge razor blade or a sharp knife can remove them, then the stock can be finished down and contoured in with sandpaper. Steaming might help with dents, but not if wood has been removed.

If the stock has a polyurethane finish, you can restore it by careful use of a Minwax polyurethane spar varnish after you stain the wood to match the original.

Just be glad the "engraving" is not on the metal.

Jim
 
Just be glad the "engraving" is not on the metal.
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Yup... I've got a couple of my grandfather's rifles with his name engraved into the metal. He had a bunch of stuff stolen and, even though he knew who did it, the cops told him that there's nothing they could do because there was no way to positively ID his stuff. (One guy's word against another.) So he engraved his name on everything he owned, from hand tools, to rifles, to airplane parts. I've often thought about how I could repair the rifles, but never came up with anything good. Repairing the wood shouldn't be too bad though.
 
An older gent that I know once showed me his 99 Savage that was worth quite a bit of $$. I didn't have the heart to tell him that maybe it was.....before he auto-engraved his name all along the left side of the receiver.
 
you can try buffing it out of the metal, or filling it in with silver solder, or refinishing with a modern paint on like dura coat.
 
i have fixed a stock for someone with this exact thing. i used shellac sticks to fill the scratches and it worked wonderfully.

you can also use a sawdust and epoxy mix to fill the grooves. just sand down after it dries. if you stain the stock it will look quite good.
 
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