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I have an old Rem M17 shotgun I am thinking about cleaning up and refinishing.
Most of the info I’ve found regarding 1920’s era Rem stock finish points to a reddish stain and lacquer. Im thinking about using something like a couple coats of danish oil with appropriate tint and then spraying a couple coats of nitro lacquer over it.
Anybody know if I’m on the right track or if I’m headed for an unsightly mess?
Thanks-
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Lacquer over oil is probably not a good combination. Try a water or alcohol-based stain.
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Oil to oil, lacquer to lacquer or alcohol. Most makers use a spray on lacquer stain, one step, process today. In the 20 and 30s they used alcohol based stain.
Brownells sells a Win pre 64 red stain for walnut stocks, that is not oil based.
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