Stripping and refinishing AK74 furniture

Giantspeed · October 30, 2018, 6:53pm

Well it’s all finished up this morning before work

LonewolfMcQuade · October 30, 2018, 6:53pm

Turned out beautiful!

Robert · October 30, 2018, 6:55pm

Yep, pretty damn nice

Giantspeed · October 30, 2018, 7:01pm

Thanks

EQuinn · October 30, 2018, 8:40pm

Very nice! I love that color!

Giantspeed · October 30, 2018, 8:43pm

Thank you

SAK · October 30, 2018, 11:45pm

Giantspeed, the stock turned out really nice! excellent job👍

switchpod · October 30, 2018, 11:54pm

I gotta be honest Giantspeed that furniture is really starting to grow on me.

Giantspeed · October 31, 2018, 12:24am

Thanks folks

Mosinvirus · October 31, 2018, 1:23am

Thanks to @Giantspeed I have begun trying to Hulk out my Mosin Stock.

Should have spent more time de-oiling, but since this is kind of a throw away I decided to just move forward.

Removing oil from some of the worst spots

My Uglified stock is now as clean as I am willing to take it, and mixed up the dye

After first application of dye

Second application of dye in process

After second application (there will be a third)

Giantspeed · October 31, 2018, 1:30am

@Mosinvirus that’s looking really good
How do you plan to finish it

JohnB · October 31, 2018, 1:38am

looks great, Giantspeed.

I wonder if the anti-gunners would be less afraid of it due to its lovely green color. Probably!

Giantspeed · October 31, 2018, 1:39am

Thanks John
And I doubt it lmao
The history behind this color is what made me want to have a set and not pay out the nose for it

Mosinvirus · October 31, 2018, 1:45am

I think all I have is TruOil laying around somewhere. That will add a tiny little bit of yellow with each coat, very little though.

Send me a PM with your address so I can send you the dyes. I used very little so you will have plenty to play with.

JohnB · October 31, 2018, 1:46am

Giantspeed:

Well, a man can dream, can’t he?

Besides, it has been shown numerous times that guns of certain colors scare the poor liberals more than in other colors. That is why, for example, that Charter Arms started selling some of their revolvers in non-traditional colors.

Either way, looks nice, and very distinctive. Thanks for sharing pictures of it with us.

Giantspeed · October 31, 2018, 1:52am

Ofcourse it’s the first time I’ve ever done a how to thread on a forum
I’ve given advice and a bit of instruction to folks
Igor actually inspired me to give back a little bit
I’ve learned so much from watching his videos
Over and over again
I thought I’d at least try to contribute a bit to the site and folks here
I guess my hope was that you don’t always have to go to a gunsmith for everything

Mosinvirus · October 31, 2018, 3:06am

Thank you for your thread. I personally can say that I found it inspirational (obviously) and easy to follow.

I completely agree that showing people that some things can be done by ourselves is a worthy act. Some will be encouraged to try, others that may have been on the fence will make a decision not to. In either case threads like this help.

You should share more of these.