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Offline Doublebass73

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First Attempt At Stock Refinishing
« on: January 26, 2008, 03:09:37 PM »
I decided I would try my hand at stock refinishing with my NEF Pardner Turkey.
I wanted a natural finish instead of the matte black paint from the factory but
I wanted to stay with the low gloss dark theme for turkey hunting.

I sanded the stocks down to bare wood starting with 80 grit working my way up to
320 grit. I stained with zip guard ebony. I did 2 coats on the butt stock and 4 coats on
the forend. I finished with 3 coats of satin wipe on polyurethane lightly sanding with 400 grit
in between coats.





Full shot with Pardner Turkey, .357 Handi and my daughter's Versa-Pack.


 
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Re: First Attempt At Stock Refinishing
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2008, 03:59:37 PM »
I like that...You did a real nice job.  I especially like that you did it in a low gloss.  Looks real nice.

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Re: First Attempt At Stock Refinishing
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2008, 04:46:14 PM »
Looks great. Maybe H&R should follow your lead !!
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Re: First Attempt At Stock Refinishing
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2008, 04:55:12 PM »
I like it.Nice work. ;D
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Re: First Attempt At Stock Refinishing
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2008, 05:24:04 PM »
Looks good the more you do the better they get
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Re: First Attempt At Stock Refinishing
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2008, 12:12:54 PM »
Thanks for the kind words. I'm already pondering what my next project will be.
My daughter told me she wants wooden stocks for her Versa Pack so I might start looking
for a set of youth stocks that I can refinish.
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Re: First Attempt At Stock Refinishing
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2008, 12:10:33 PM »
The dark stain looks good on it.  I like.
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