This is it. Buttstock is done, almost. First step is the rubout. I cut the last coat down level with a gentle rubout with 0000 steel wool, same as every coat. Now, from satin to satin lovely, smooth and warm.
Rub the stock well and firmly with fff stock polishing compound. Keep rubbing till it feels right...I guess the description is it dosn't snag or drag or flutter, it just pulls smoothly over every area of the stock. I rub with the grain. When its rubbed to satisfaction, buff it off with a dry cotton towel and then apply the first of several coats of Johnsons paste wax. LET THE WAX DRY, works best that way. Buff out each coat of wax on a clean terry towel. I even wax under the buttplate and later, in the action recesses. Buff, Buff and it'll look and feel great. Easy as pie to restore a stock, just takes some effort thats all.
So, heres what it looks like after rub and wax and buff. Forend won't be as pretty, its straighter grain but hopefully the black grain will come up like it did for this stock. Its all original parts. They don't look perfect, they don't even look absolutely new but....they look pretty good, I thinks.
Rub the stock well and firmly with fff stock polishing compound. Keep rubbing till it feels right...I guess the description is it dosn't snag or drag or flutter, it just pulls smoothly over every area of the stock. I rub with the grain. When its rubbed to satisfaction, buff it off with a dry cotton towel and then apply the first of several coats of Johnsons paste wax. LET THE WAX DRY, works best that way. Buff out each coat of wax on a clean terry towel. I even wax under the buttplate and later, in the action recesses. Buff, Buff and it'll look and feel great. Easy as pie to restore a stock, just takes some effort thats all.
So, heres what it looks like after rub and wax and buff. Forend won't be as pretty, its straighter grain but hopefully the black grain will come up like it did for this stock. Its all original parts. They don't look perfect, they don't even look absolutely new but....they look pretty good, I thinks.
