"Stock refinishing Part 2- Steaming out dents and using steam to remove the old finish"

This section teaches you how to steam out dents. Stay tuned for part 3 which will cover sanding and prepping the wood to the refinished as well as the actual refinishing process. (The stock is currently drying)

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• K31
• Swiss
• 7.5x55mm
• Switzerland
• 7.5x55
• .30
• Caliber
• Stock
• Refinish
• Refinishing
• work
• how
• to
• step
• by
• instruction
• tutorial
• wood
• steam
• steaming
• dents
• nicks
• cuts
• scraps
• marrs
• cartouche
• cartouches
• military
• surplus
• mil
• surp
• 7.62x54r
• 7.62x51
• 7.62
• 8mm
• Mauser
• Mosin
• Enfield
• Springfield
• Winchester
• Remington
• millimeters
• metric
• standard
• MOA
• restoration

[jjw5150]

Cool, cool. I still like my dents though :) I bought a K31 that had obviously had the dents steamed and it had been sanded and refinished. Whoever did it did a good job. But, it lost its character. It still shoots like a k31 though :)

[Iraqveteran8888]

I agree...I prefer the character of dings and dents...After all...An older rifle isn't truly YOUR rifle, right?

[greyoldfellow]

wft dont dip an iron into the water for fuck sake!... anyway nice video guys.

[Iraqveteran8888]

lol...He was hoping nobody would see...

It does has an "UL" stamp on it, so all in all, they test products for things like that, and if the iron was found to be unsafe, it would not be sold.

[Geebuv]

So your saying it would be better to soak the stock in a pot of boiling water rather than use steam?

[Iraqveteran8888]

No...the stock isn't submerged. You do not want to literally boil the stock as it would cause excessive swelling. The hot water is meant to assist in the removal of the finish, dirt, grime, etc.

You could fully submerge shotgun stock peices and similar in hot water, but not boiling hot. Just limit the exposure to the water as much as possible.

[freesoulvw]

i love these guys, i wish i could do this all day long

[timmyjassiel]

@Iraqveteran8888 For the steaming process I have seen a lot of people in woodworking use a lobster cooker hooked up to 5" or 6" pvc pipe and that steams the whole rifle at once and only takes 30 minutes or so. If that helps :)

[gilyardk]

So this is who taught you.....

[poik12]

I'm trying to restore my all parts matching p14 enfield, besides the barrel needing to shoot 160+ grain rounds (the bore is a pitfest and I can't import barrels in NZ) so I'm trying to at least get the stock back together, I bought various metal parts from Numerich, but I've had no luck in finding the actual woodwork, any help?

[drewnickel]

would higher grit sand paper give a higher grade of finish? I have 660 grit sand paper available as a last finishing sand paper, and like I said earlier on your first stock finishing video, I would like to make my spanish mauser look brand new, if not better.

[frodogottagun]

Awesome technique, thanks. Doing an enfield I just bought.

[HomerJEDL]

4:08 PMSL! 'Steam out all that crap'

[NOLA556]

@111fishkiller

just go on his channel and search "part 1" it'll bring up a bunch of other vids too but it's in there... i had a hard time finding it too. lol

[nudgek]

whats a good way to remove the finish, when you have "check ingravings"?

[117pyromaniac]

could you use normal wood stain? (I.E. Furniture stains?)

[111fishkiller]

Where the hell is PART: 1?