Fire damaged wood

0 Kudos

Forum Jump

Author	Comment
mauserdad	Fire damaged wood	Lead	[-]
Posts: 726 (10/12/09 08:16 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I have a Rem.03A3 stock that was in a house that caught fire. The stock is sound. The color now is a dark black/brown. Is there anyway to lighten up the color without sanding? It appears that I might need something to penetrate down into the wood. Thanks
Cabinetman		#1	[-]
Posts: 5382 (10/14/09 10:32 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Any chance of a photo of, say, the buttstock? Chances are that the wood isn't damaged but the old finish on there became heat-treated thus darkening or, at least, picking up a ton of soot. If the wood isn't fried, then a stripper might be used to remove the old finish and a new oiled finish applied. It might be as simple as that. The stripper won't affect the wood at all and it'll just remove the outer layer of damaged finish. Let me know! I'd like to see it. Rome A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
mauserdad		#2	[-]
Posts: 727 (10/14/09 04:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sir I was hoping you would chime in. Posting PIC's here is difficult. I can send them to your email if that is OK. Thanks. Ed mauserdad@svic.net.
Cabinetman		#3	[-]
Posts: 5383 (10/14/09 07:25 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Email incoming. R A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.