Diggler
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I am refinishing a Romanian Training .22 rifle... Yeah, I know it's not C&R... but I used oven cleaner, then steaming hot water then finally sanded this thing down as much as I think I should, and there are still dark spots on it. They seem to be in the wood. It looks dirty, and I was wondering if it was actually some cosmoline that I missed. Here are some pics...
pic 1... in the edges under where the bolt goes
pic 2... another pic along with the 'dirtyness' look
pic 3... at the ends of the finger groove
pic 4... inside the bolt notch
The rest of the stock looks great... pure wood... but I couldn't get this stuff out chemically or with hot water. Should I oven heat it? What does deeply embedded cosmoline look like?
My plans for this one is to dye it almost an AK-red but I don't want to see that through the color.
pic 1... in the edges under where the bolt goes
pic 2... another pic along with the 'dirtyness' look
pic 3... at the ends of the finger groove
pic 4... inside the bolt notch
The rest of the stock looks great... pure wood... but I couldn't get this stuff out chemically or with hot water. Should I oven heat it? What does deeply embedded cosmoline look like?
My plans for this one is to dye it almost an AK-red but I don't want to see that through the color.