Rotten Stone, not so rotten to me
I recently stripped and refinished a stock to a Arisaka 7.7 The stock was in horrible shape and I never expected that it would come out very well but I just wanted to do it as an exercise in learning. I stripped the stock with nothing but sandpaper not using any solvents to help with the removal of the old finish. After the stock was sanded down for the third time with 420 sandpaper I used layer upon layer of True Oil for a bright shiny finish to the stock. Not wanting quite the shine that True Oil gives I used Rotten Stone to slightly dull the surface of the finish. Rotten Stone did a fantastic job of giving that perfect balance between shine and depth that we all prefer. The Rotten Stone went on easy, and for a rookie like myself in gun finishing I was extremely pleased with the ease of use and the final results that it gave. I would suggest it to anybody who is considering refinishing not just gun stocks but any finish on your wooden projects (I also used it on a pine rocking chair that recently refinished and it worked just as well as it did with the gun stock). I cannot find any negatives with this product at all. That's how pleased I was with using Rotten Stone in general.
