What to do to strip varnish off Walnut stock?

[nekshot]

looks like a nice stock! I love those older stocks , reminds me of slower and a more simple time period with some woolrich mixed in.

[leebuilder]

Nice work.
I use broken glass for scrapers, easy and zinging sharp an old cabinet maker showed me that trick.
Be well

[mulefour]

Just get a pack of box cutter blades for scrapers, I've been using them for 40 yrs now. Use them with out the handle.

[8mm]

I have a NIB Browning 1895 reproduction that I "bought right" because of shop wear inflicted by metal hangers on a wall display. Being OCD afflicted I would like to refinish the stocks to new condition. The problem is that the wood finish Moruko uses seems to be impervious to conventional strippers. Have any forum members tackled this problem and if so what did you use? Thanks.

[KCSO]

I make my own scrapers and have scraped a few stocks but for me it is slower than using stripper and if you are doing it for money, well time is money. The advantage to scrapomg is if done right all you need to do is start in on fine sandpaper and finish it out.

[Shiloh]

Klean Strip.

https://www.idealtruevalue.com/store...-Stripper.aspx


https://www.idealtruevalue.com/store...SABEgLmKPD_BwE

Use these and be done with it. Do it outside.

SHiloh

[725]

Lots of ways to skin a cat. They all work, I just prefer the furniture scrapper. I can do a whole stock in less time than chemicals. I end up with dry wood uncontaminated with whatever the stripper is made from. Takes out all the minor dings and scratches, too.

[rondog]

Stripped my Rossi stock today in the kitchen sink in about 5 minutes with Purple Power cleaner from the auto parts store. Sprayed it on and the stuff melted right off. Little scrubbing with a brush, cleanup with Dawn & warm water, rinsed w/warm water, towel dried, dried a couple hours in the sun. But Rossi's aren't known for awesome finishes.

No idea what the wood is though. Gonna lightly sand it, some color w/Fairtrimmers, then 50/50 BLO/turpentine.

[texasnative46]

To All,

Personally, I've found no gunstock finish that the generic citrus stripper from Home Depot won't remove.

I had a recent nice surprise when I refinished a really "doggy-looking" stock on a 760 Remington pump-rifle. Under all that spray "color shellac" finish was really PURTY grain & a piece of NICE American walnut.

I used MINWAX furniture finish in RED CHERRY & ended up with an "expensive-looking" finish on the stock.
(Inasmuch as the rifle cost me about 125 bucks, I'm pleased clear down to the ground.)

Note: My "cheap pump-rifle" is the one that will go to JES to reappear as a .400 Brown-Whelen Improved. - The .400B-WI is a ballistic twin of the well-regarded .404 Jeffery.
(IMO, it's difficult to beat a "dangerous game rifle" with scope for less than 400 bucks.)

yours, tex