porthos
08-30-2013, 07:24 PM
I was surfing thru back threads of gunsmithing tips and found a thread from IKYDVL posted im march of this year concerning brng. salt wood. in the early 1980s I bought a salt wood safari grade rifle in 375H&H. I saw that it had been reblued but noticed nothing else. a friend of mine that was a dealer at that gun show knew of the gun and expressed some concerne that it might be salt wood. too late, I owned it. took it home and removed the stock. wow! everything below the wood line was pitted. guess its salt wood.my hobby at the time was refinishing and re cutting checkering of gunstocks . it later became a full time profession with some other gunstock related work. anyway here is what I did. after stripping and sanding the wood, I mixed a solution of brownells acraglas and lacquer thinner to a thin viscosity (don't ask how much, it was over 30 years ago) I probably made up 6oz or more and just keep slooping it into the inletting and outside until it wouldn't absorbe anymore. let it dryfor a couple daysthen proceeded with my stock finish. had the gun for 7 years and there was no rust that developed. sold it to my friend that warned me about it might be salt wood. his remarks were that if it hadn't bleed thru by now that it probably never will. the only one that I did and it seemed that it worked. RESULTS MAY VARY!
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