karlunity Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Fellas. The wood on my Remington 58 appears to be oak and the finish it came with is only passable so I decided to refinish it. Pistol grips are a bit more tricky that rifle stocks to refinish. The edges of the grips have to fix exactly into the frame so you should not use sandpaper. I used only steel wool one coarse and a finishing oooo fine wool. I hand buff with 3M fine" plastic steel wool to add a luster between coats. It takes about 90 minutes to remove the old finish. I apply 10 coats of "Tru-oil" let dry and buff between coats, and let the last coat dry for 24 hours. You finish up with ten coats of wax. It takes a lot of time but it sure looks nice. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamprat Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 The reason you couldn't hit with it the other day. You got the handles to slick and you can't hold it. After all they are called GRIPS! Swamprat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Swamprat. I gotta remember that one. : ) Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 That should work if you don't get water on the grips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 That should work if you don't get water on the grips FC Hello FC. I remove them when I clean the pistol so that is not a problem. The wood is a very nice oak and the result was well worth the effort. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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