Wood Refinishing Projects

Good deal! I will follow suit as we talked about. A little thought before hand. The thought came to mind that it would be nice to have a place to show the different colors, methods and products used in finishing some stocks, because I see some pictures of nice wood, but they don’t ever say what it is or how it’s done. I searched for several weeks looking for a finish that I wanted on my Stevens stock, nothing really stood out, so hopefully this will help the next guy.

Any way, not much of a wood guy, but I can force myself to do it. This is tru-oil hand rubbed finish. Not sure how many coats, stopped counting at 13, but basically thin coats to build up the surface, sand your normal 320, 400, 800 and maybe even 1200. This was done about a year ago and it has stood up to Texas heat, rain and sweat pretty well.

Next would be a new product to me called timberluxe. Once again hand rubbed, fill the grain with the slurry finish. It is probably the most forgiving of finishes I have tried thus far. The complete kit comes with #2 oil and some walnut stain. The timberluxe is pictured below. This is the Stevens stock with about 5-6 coats and then stained with the walnut stain 1 time. The thing about timberluxe is you can stain over it and then apply more #2. The owner’s name is Brian and he is a really nice guy that you can reach by email. I like the stain look, but not sure how much protection it will give without coats of #2 on top. This stock was one of the 90% deals, and had very open grain. I applied 2 coats of #2 and started sanding with 320. No slurry formed. I called Brian and he said just keep adding until I got the slurry to form. So new wood will soak up a bunch. Then on the 3rd coat I got slurry and the pores started filling in. I fill the pores with 400 grit. Then I stained. I still have a few more pores to fill in and then decide if it’s dark enough for my taste. More to follow.

I would like to see it on an auto 5 stock if you need any help deciding what to buy. I spend others money pretty well.

Looks awesome! Will you be sharing your trade secrets?

That’s been my major debate. I did it and actually liked how it looked. I don’t think you can go wrong with darker wood, but that’s just my personal preference.

Damn I guess he was. Congrats on the new toys. Santa must have got our address mixed up, make you a deal to spare the jolly fella. That straight stock probably not to your liking, so I'll just come pick that one up!

how about some pictures so we can all see?

Wow that is different. That’s kind of strange. Seems like it’s not taking the stain.