1981 CVA Big Bore .54 Refurbishments
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Carding is a term for rubbing the surface with a course bit of cloth or, sometimes steel wool.
Cloth like burlap or denim is often used because its course weave tends to scrape the surface better than a tightly woven fabric.
I mentioned steel wool but it is usually reserved for carding the rust off of steel parts during the browning/bluing process.
I do not recommend using steel wool to card stains on wood.
The problem with steel wool on wood is small particles of the steel fibers will break off and become trapped in the woods grain.
If this happens and your stain has any water at all in it, when you apply the next coat of stain, the water will cause the steel fibers to rust, leaving tens of thousands of little freckles all over the surface.
Nobody likes to see a gunstock with a freckle complexion problem. :rotf:
Cloth like burlap or denim is often used because its course weave tends to scrape the surface better than a tightly woven fabric.
I mentioned steel wool but it is usually reserved for carding the rust off of steel parts during the browning/bluing process.
I do not recommend using steel wool to card stains on wood.
The problem with steel wool on wood is small particles of the steel fibers will break off and become trapped in the woods grain.
If this happens and your stain has any water at all in it, when you apply the next coat of stain, the water will cause the steel fibers to rust, leaving tens of thousands of little freckles all over the surface.
Nobody likes to see a gunstock with a freckle complexion problem. :rotf:
Thank you very much. This may be a little off this thread, but you obviously know how to do these things. I ordered a Track-of-wolf adjustable height rear sight kit for this CVA Hawken rifle. I think I will leave the barrel blue for now. Please give me your advice of what finishing the raw cast sight will need? Sanding and Bluing? Thank you, WB
Yes, the question is a bit off track.
That said, for a small part like your sight, I would use a fast bluing solution like Birchwood Casey Perma-Blue.
It's inexpensive and fast and any color difference between it and the barrel won't be noticed.
I might mention, Birchwood Casey "Super Blue" is made for use on modern alloy steels and the Perma-Blue is made for low carbon steels like your sight is made from.
That said, for a small part like your sight, I would use a fast bluing solution like Birchwood Casey Perma-Blue.
It's inexpensive and fast and any color difference between it and the barrel won't be noticed.
I might mention, Birchwood Casey "Super Blue" is made for use on modern alloy steels and the Perma-Blue is made for low carbon steels like your sight is made from.
