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I would love to know the chemical concoction used so that I might apply the same treatment to my model B, which looks similar to your first pic but, the finish has cracked in places and looks awful.
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I'll see if I can find out for you.
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Nice job on the refinish. It was truly hideous. Now, graceful.
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Talus, I don't know that I can ever agree that a birch stock is graceful, but I guess if you only consider it's lines that would be true. It really is a nice, slim, lightweight hunting stock. And, the finish is so much more pleasant to look at now that I can live with it!
Joe, I just got off the phone with my bud's father, and here is the process he said they used to finally remove the factory finish. Now I didn't see them do it, so I can only relay what he said. After having no luck with paint removers like I did, they applied an automotive lacquer thinner called Shopline JT501. This is supposedly used when removing the clear coat during auto body repair. He described it as a 'virgin lacquer thinner' that breaks the surface tension of the hard finish. It caused that finish to wrinkle up and soften. Then they applied a citreous based gel paint stripper from Lowes that sloughed it all off the stock.
Good luck with your stock. Mine came out so well that the checkering was totally unmarred.
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Thanks Hook, maybe mine will turn out as well as yours.
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I just picked up a nice 9000 and it is marked Tradewinds. It’s intresting to know that not many guns were marked this way.
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