I had to, not thrilled but had to!

[JorgeSKS]

I took one of my Chinese SKS shooting after throughly cleaning it and had a severe allergic reaction to the little Cosmoline residue that was left. I broke out with a bad rash! I had no choice but to tastefully refinish the stock. No sandpaper was used. Here are a few pictures of the finished product. It’s an all numbers matching. I feel terrible I couldn’t leave it in its “as issued” condition.

[Phosphorus32]

Well if you had to for health reasons, so be it. You did a good job (although I'd probably go with an amber to garnet shellac if I faced the same situation). Really great that you avoided the use of sand paper 

[Greatguns]

Polyurethane vs Shellac; Kind of like Tylenol vs Advil. They both relieve pain but one works for one guy and the other for the next.

Now me??? I'd have gone with a satin finish instead of gloss, jes' sayin.   

[carls sks]

what you do to it?

[JorgeSKS]

what you do to it?

I chemically striped it, then wiped it down with wipes.  I allowed It to fully dry in the garage. Then I sealed it with 2 coats Minwax Oil Modified (Clear SEMI-Gloss) Polyurethane.

[echo83]

You're allergic to Cosmoline, but you bought an SKS? Talk about tempting fate!

I'm kidding, of course, but you did a nice job cleaning up that stock. What chemicals did you use to strip it?

[Phosphorus32]

The polymer (polyurethane) ought to protect you from exposure to petroleum products in the stock, but it's probably the most difficult finish to remove if you ever decide you want a different finish.

[IceCat1]

I was thinking shellac as well. More true to the original finish but you did fine with the poly. Looks good and less pesky now. 

[auskip07]

That looks pretty good!