Mosin Stock

[Jeff H]

So SOG has 91/30s at a reasonable price and I picked up one earlier today. After stripping all the cosmoline off with mostly boiling water on the steel and and paint thinner on the stock the gun looks really good, but removing the cosmoline shows the wear in the stock. Some scratches and scrapes but nothing too bad.

I have no interest in refinishing the stock, just touching up the bad spots. Is it lacquer, oil, shellac, or some other finish? How do I best touch it up while being fairly unnoticeable. Wax maybe?

 

[Zack]

Picture please?

 

[fireman 9731]

Its shellac.

 

[Kymasabe]

I stripped mine, got all that nasty shellac off and sanded the stock. Then I wet it slightly to raise the grain and all the little fuzzies and rubbed it down with OOOO steel wool. Applied a nice MinWax red stain and sealed it with a hame-brewed concoction, sort of an old-school stock sealer that's equal parts boiled linseed oil, turpentine, and beeswax, warmed over a flameless heat until the wax melts, stir it all up and pour into a small metal can that you can put a lid on, let cool. Once cool, you can scoop out the paste with your finger tips and rub it into the gun stock. The oil and wax do a great job of sealing the woof, is weather proof, and leaves a nice military matte finish on the gun, not real shiny. Got the formula from an old Springfield/Garand guy.