I am refinishing the stock on my remington 1100 and was following an instructional on youtube. I first used an aerosol pain stripper, it didnt work so I thought id follow another video where citristrip was used. It did not work. I read an article about using bleach to pull the stain out of the wood. That is what I am planning on doing next. What should I do to remove the stain?
Stripper wont remove stain Remington 1100
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You can bleach the stock, but that sometimes gives a much lighter result that you might expect. If you are just wanting to remove the remaining stain, first try scrubbing the stock (use something like a dishwashing brush) with ammonia soap (like Parson's) mixed with a little Tide detergent. Wipe with distilled water, then it dry. Knock down any raised grain with some 000 steel or bronze wool and you are ready for refinishing. The appearance when you wipe with distilled water will be somewhat close to what it will look like when finished without adding additional color. If you want to change the color, consider using wood dye rather than stain, since the dye penetrates into the wood and will not hide the grain like some stains will.
Do not mix ammonia and bleach under any circumstances, because that creates chloramine gas, and if you have enough bleach, possibly liquid hydrazine. Very toxic.
Do not mix ammonia and bleach under any circumstances, because that creates chloramine gas, and if you have enough bleach, possibly liquid hydrazine. Very toxic.
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Plain ammonia and soap should work fine, but I've always used the commercially prepared ammonia soap. Not sure what the correct ratio should be, but you might start with a couple of cups of ammonia add a teaspoon of Tide.
That's a pretty nice looking stock...be careful if you wind up using bleach. Again, do not mix bleach and ammonia!
That's a pretty nice looking stock...be careful if you wind up using bleach. Again, do not mix bleach and ammonia!
I ended up sanding anywhere that had clear coat and then used a cloth and steam ironed the stock. This is what it looks like now. It doesnt seem to be anywhere as light colored as the other stocks ive seen being refinished. Is this the way the wood looks or should I continue doing something else?
I also had a hard time stripping an 870. I tried several applications with no luck. Finally I sanded it down first then applied stripper. That was better. I finally just stained over it.
BTW, I used a grey water based stain over the remaining wood stain. It came out with a really nice mix...
BTW, I used a grey water based stain over the remaining wood stain. It came out with a really nice mix...
Looks to me like you are down to the bare wood. Kind of hard to tell, but it looks like walnut, which is a little darker than many other woods used for gun stocks. Not sure if it is a shadow, but the portion of the stock near the butt does not seem to be sanded to the same degree as the rest of the stock. That will show up big when it is finished, so you might want to carefully sand (or steel wool) so that the stock looks the same overall. Be very careful sanding at the butt, because it is incredibly easy to round the sharp edge that mates with the butt plate, and a rounded edge there is very noticeable and decreases the value of the gun.
