Excellent job!

beautiful, exactly what i was looking for thanks man

Brake cleaner really removes everything

Hi Neil, Thank you very much for your series on re furbing gunstocks. I've really enjoyed them and they've helped me very much. Thank you also for showing us your Gin B stock on your Theoben SLR 98 in another posting. That has to be the most gorgeous piece of kit. Not just the stock, but the Theoben action, the magazine, pellet indexing on an underlever, how it all works, etc. Absolute genius. A most beautiful, beautiful piece of kit, thank you. I'm in the process of doing up a Diana Original Model 35. I'm going to apply what you've taught me with the stock. The action hadnt been maintained at all and very dry. I've replaced the seals, sleeved the spring guide and piston, made my own top hat, and re lubed. They don't recieve a great write up and I believe thats why the Diana Model 34 came out. However, that said, the action works fantastic now and no more twang/buzz. I'm so glad I made the effort. It belonged to my late, much loved father who would have been so pleased.

This works better than anything I’ve tried yet.

Damn good job my friend

Great job!

that is amazing Mr Birkin sir I think you are now our go to fella for fixing field weary stocks lol Dave

Spray on Oven Cleaner works great for removing any Oil based Product, Stain or Oil, Neil. Great videos mate. Thanks

Hi Neil I have used domestos on a few stocks now . I found it was used in America on one of their forums . It can dry the wood out though and needs rinsed fully . You can also use oxalic acid to remove the stain. Keep the videos coming they are brilliant.

Good video and tips.

Great video. This is by far the best method or solution to whitening the wood stock. I had tried other bleach products but did not come close to your finish. So I ordered a bottle of this Domestos bleach. I ordered the one you showed on here, they sent me the same but reads "No stronger" instead of "Extended". All ready stripped the wood of the varnish and tomorrow I will start the bleaching. I am looking to get a nice Palomino tone. Just wonder if Winmax Natural wood Stain will give me that. Perhaps just yellow shellac.

I have used bleach before, but know now that it does not remove the wood stain, rather it turns the stain "white", as well as the wood, so it is not a natural color. Here is how I have just removed the old stain from a used M14 wood stock, came out perfect. (1) Used 120 grit sand paper to get top layer of stain off, not much work. (2) Painted a heavy coat of Citristrip on the entire stock, left it on for about 16 hours. (3) Pressure washed the stripper off, being careful to keep the pressure washer wand moving across the stock, with the grain. (4) Sprayed Krud Cutter on the stock and on 00 steel wool, scrubbed the stock with grain, pressure washed the Krud Cutter off, did this three times. (5) Hung to dry. It really looks like virgin wood. When I started this I was hoping to just lightly sand it all off, but could see the stain in the pores, and sanding that out would cut to much wood. So, knowing the stain is oil based, tried the Citrustrip, but thought how would the stain be removed from the pores, (normally people scrape the Citristrip off with plastic putty knife) so I though pressure wash it. The pressure washer scooped the loosened stain from the pores perfectly. I probably could have stopped there, but decided to use Krud Cutter as well for good measure. I will use this method again. If you soak virgin walnut in bleach, it will change the color of it to an unnatural whiter color. Just FYI.

Hi pal great videos Iam following them for a mk1 hw 80 Iam referbing it's a lot easier following them than going in blind thanks

I put stocks int he Dish Washer with bleach on the hot water setting. I turn off the heat dry setting. Granted I have only don this with military surplus rifles but I have not had any problems yet at all. I will often I put a dishwasher crystals in the washer as well. When it comes out I dry it with a blow dryer and then sand since the hot water raises the grain. I have to take the top rack out of the dishwasher to fit the stock in. I have done that 3 times now and never any problem. Dye wood dye is difficult to find in America you normally have to order it off the internet since no stores sell them. They sell stains everywhere but not wood dyes! So it was very interesting to the dye in action.

Steam out the stain with a clean cloth and a clothes iron. Lifts right out onto the cloth.

I also have info on cold bluing. I’ve been working with it for 15-20 years. How to not have streaks. How to darken it. And.. how to allow it to remain a nice blue and not’brown’ over time. It took a lot of guns and a lot of years to figure this out.

I've had good luck with removing the stain, getting back to original light wood color with some Marlin stocks using a paste of pool chlorine crystals. You can achieve a much stronger chlorine concentration than with bleach, and you can control the amount of moisture. Make a paste, apply it all over and let it sit a few hours. Come back and re-apply with freshly moistened paste. The other seldom used wood chemical is called 'wood bleach' used by furniture restorers. It will remove any kind of iron stains from wood (those pesky black rings on oak for example). It is not really bleach, it's oxyalic acid that you can buy in liquid or crystal form. Then, use aquafortis to bring out the natural grain in these light woods (flintlock rifle makers used this on their maple stocks to achieve the reddish color).

How long do you leave the bleach on for on doin my first stock at the moment on a first edition s300

What wood die did you use??

Hi… Just seen this. I am starting a project stripping back and refinishing an electric guitar body. I would like to know what tips or preparations you used to strip back the thick varnish. I have tried everything from sanding to heat gun to Nitromors and nothing is touching it. Have you any experience with caustic soda or anything similar? I need something to get into the awkward shapes and curves similar to your gunstock. I would be grateful for any advice. Thanks Phil

That's traditional wood working. Good work perfect. That's 🤑 top notch.

I've got a really uncooperative stock that's got oil buildup on the grip (it's a Monte Carlo stock). What would you recommend I do to get it to a consistent colour for staining?

Please do this in a well ventilated room or the Pink Unicorn stood beside you will continue singing "Midnight the Stars and You" ?

Is this John fury?

what did you mix the bleach with to get it to foam up like that?

Doing an HW97, seems like bleech is key... Others use steam, but... Yours is very light. Did if effect final result

Nice video mate👍🏻,What exact wood dye did you put in on if you don’t mind adding the link below👇🏻

Gonna have to say sorry but this is movie magic I just tried this and most definitely didn’t end up with his results or anything close. It did bleach things but didn’t strip the finish

Hi could you tell me if the stain you used was water or spirit based

Hi Stripping identical stock but even after eight neat bleaches still some left Any ideas maybe steam store areas Any help would be great Thanks love your vidieos

I use Acidtone it will remove all oils and stains

I'm about to strip a old walnut stock from my father in laws Winchester 100 and he's asked for the new finish to be blondish stain instead of a normal walnut color, any suggestions how i can achieve that?

Work

Do you think this method will work for a TX 200 stock?

two words: krud kutter gets rid of a lot of crap in the stock

What is your stain remover?

Go to the wood store for wood bleach. Is the best. Us on eny kind of Stan.

this is not walnut

Sounds Australian. Didn't know they were allowed to own guns anymore. Either way looks pretty good.