My bore cleaner ate the finish off my gun

Went shooting with a friend in Killbuck Ohio and he brought along his homemade bore cleaner which is an equal mix of Alcohol, peroxide & Murphy's oil soap, Well some got on the wood and off came the finish :curse:, can anyone tell me the best way to get the shine back where it is now missing?, there is just a thin line where the mixture ran down the stock, it didn't make the finish lighter just took the shine off, :shake: thanks for any help.


TheGunCellar

 

[oomcurt]

While I have no idea how to get the shine back...it might be worth while keeping some of that cleaner. Wonder if it would work for those that want to refinish a stock?

 

[LRB]

A good auto wax will put some back.That's the problem with many bore cleaners. 409 is a great bore cleaner, but will do the same thing to many types of finish.

 

[Birddog6]

Try some auto wax & if that don't work try xome 2000 paper on it to smooth the finish again & then try the wax again & it may take severa applications & buffing it to get it all back & to match. Also Renaissance wax does well on one. That is what I use on some & also on my knife handes when I am done with them.

For cleaning I suggest you use water with a squirt of dishwater soap in it,(like Dawn or Joy) not the mixture he used. IMHO is much to harsh for just cleaning a barrel. We are just removing BP and water is adequate for that. A squirt of soap helps if you used a greased patch. If you use spit patches I wouldn't even use the soap. I would not us anything with peroxide in the bore.

They cleaned them adequately for over 300 years with water & it still works...... :thumbsup:

 

[2172]

you can add Lyman's Butches Bore Bright to the finish killers...I love it in the bore, hate it on the finish..Hank

 

[Stumpkiller]

I've had jugs passed to me that did the same to tooth enamel.

First thing: lose the Hydrogen Peroxide. It's an oxidizer. H3O. That's water with an extra oxygen molecule that would much rather meet a nice iron molecule (Fe) and form rust, which is a much more stable molecule than H3O. Has no advantage over water as a powder solvent, or to dilute the alcohol and Murphy's. But your buddy's mix ought to kill bacteria plenty well!

So, you're going after a stock with alcohol (a solvent) peroxide (an oxidizer) and Murphy's (a detergent)? You left out a wood rasp and a heat gun to have all you need to strip a stock back to bare wood. :haha:

If you didn't lighten the stain you can build up several thin coats of boiled linseed oil or Tru-oil into the spot and then wax it when dry. Don't try to do it in one thick application.

If it was a polyurethane finish you ate into, your best bet is to eat the rest off and start over. By the time you sand out the edge to feather in the new finish you'll likely wear away the stain underneath and it just won't look right.

Waxing any finish (and wiping up spills quickly) helps prevent the solvent from doing what your did.

 

[gl04]

Rub in boiled linseed oil a little at a time with your hand to generate heat. Do this several times(about 18) times and it should bring the shine back. You do the whole stock this way and it looks like a very expensive rifle!!