Gunstock Finishes, Color Case Hardening, Finish Repair, Wildfire Tornado

Wildfire! The word conjures up visions of Smokey the Bear, firefighters scrambling around the forest with chainsaws, specialized aircraft, huge plumes of flame, and the charred remains of mighty trees.

A tornado, also known as a "twister" or a "cyclone," is a violent rotating column of air in the shape of a funnel that extends from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground.

Basic Application Instructions for New or Stripped Clean & Dry Wood

Now that the stain job has dried properly, it’s time for the fun part - applying the finish. This is the most rewarding part of the job to me, and is when you see the results of all your hard work.

Last month I wrote about stripping the old finish off of a stock and getting it ready for refinishing. Well, we have this perfectly sanded stock and now the question is, what are we going to do with it™

It was a really tough hunting season, and your poor gun took quite a beating! Look at those dings and scratches in the stock.

I recently purchased a Remington 870 at a local gun show. It had been well maintained, but with every gun that sees a lot of use, there were some wear marks and imperfections that detracted from its appearance.

Stock refinishing is a very common job for many shops, but we’ve seen that some gunsmiths leave the checkering “as is” rather than re-cutting it.

Many of our customers call us and say “I can’t get my gunstock finishes to come out looking right. What am I doing wrong”™ Probably nothing.

The process of adding carbon to the surface of mild steel or iron as a means of making it harder has been with us for a very long time, at least for a thousand years.

Rottenstone is an extremely fine, natural, abrasive powder that has been used by gunsmiths for generations to smooth minor imperfections in fully cured gunstocks.

The stock Rubbing Kit uses traditional Rottenstone, good old double boiled Linseed Oil, a Felt Pad and your elbow grease to remove minor imperfections from fully cured gunstock finishes and produce the final, soft luster of a London Oil Finish.