Mike2994
Well-known member
I normally wouldn’t post a rifle in this low of condition but I think it would be helpful to those who need to strip lacquer or BLO from a 98 stock. Also it’s a relatively hard to find code/year in matching including cleaning rod (minus safety) condition.
I purchased this rifle from a pawn shop down south with very low quality photos, all I could tell was that it was matching (minus safety which was missing). The rifle came into my buddy’s shop and was unfortunately was coated both metal and wood in lacquer to the point that I could not tell what the condition was beneath the coating.
All that I used on the stock/metal was denatured alcohol, Ballistol, and paper towels/junk cloths. Soaking the paper towels with the denatured alcohol and wiping down the needed parts will cause the lacquer to lift into your towel. After lacquer is removed I put a bit of Ballistol on the stripped areas to rehydrate the wood and lift the original finish to the surface.
The hardest part of doing this is deciding when enough is enough as you don’t want to strip too much finish, just get rid of the lacquer. There is still a bit of it on the stock/metal, but I would rather have that than have missing finish/an overcleaned look.
Note the large dent on the rear band.
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I purchased this rifle from a pawn shop down south with very low quality photos, all I could tell was that it was matching (minus safety which was missing). The rifle came into my buddy’s shop and was unfortunately was coated both metal and wood in lacquer to the point that I could not tell what the condition was beneath the coating.
All that I used on the stock/metal was denatured alcohol, Ballistol, and paper towels/junk cloths. Soaking the paper towels with the denatured alcohol and wiping down the needed parts will cause the lacquer to lift into your towel. After lacquer is removed I put a bit of Ballistol on the stripped areas to rehydrate the wood and lift the original finish to the surface.
The hardest part of doing this is deciding when enough is enough as you don’t want to strip too much finish, just get rid of the lacquer. There is still a bit of it on the stock/metal, but I would rather have that than have missing finish/an overcleaned look.
Note the large dent on the rear band.
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