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Offline Loose}{Cannon

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Re: Newbie and sks I'd question..
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2016, 11:34:30 PM »
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Re: Newbie and sks I'd question..
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2016, 03:08:06 AM »
I wouldn't paint that stock, personally. I don't know the Canadian market but I'm with pcke. An Izhevsk stock, even sanded and stripped of shellac like yours, is worth keeping in its current form where it can still be partially restored. Maybe the "Thai Seedlac" https://www.shellac.net/Shellac_ordering_list.html

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Re: Newbie and sks I'd question..
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2016, 08:48:29 AM »
From what I understand, Russia used garnet shellac.
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Re: Newbie and sks I'd question..
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2016, 10:01:35 AM »
Kingfisher welcome from Florida, I too hope you do not paint that stock!
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Re: Newbie and sks I'd question..
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2016, 05:17:48 PM »
Ok thank you all.. And won't bother painting the work if its a bad idea.. If it's a refurbished with that stock .. What is an average price in the US market?
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Re: Newbie and sks I'd question..
« Reply #25 on: August 11, 2016, 09:25:16 AM »
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on July 27, 2016, 08:48:29 AM
From what I understand, Russia used garnet shellac.

Did they also use some form of wood preservative such as pine tar or creosote under the garnet shellac?  This type of processing may account for those uber dark red SKSs.   
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Re: Newbie and sks I'd question..
« Reply #26 on: August 11, 2016, 11:18:19 AM »
Who knows...   I have however read where people do believe they used pine tar.    Interesting observation montigre! 
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