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Painting a stock.

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I'm just about ready for paint on my Traditions flintlock. My question is how to seal the stock before primer and paint? I'm going to use a high quality automotive one stage paint but the wood I'm thinking will need some type of sealer first.
Anyone with experience with this?
 
Why are you painting it?
 

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Why anyone would want to paint a stock I don't know. But not all paints/primers/sealers etc play nice together. So you need to make sure the paint you pick is compatible with the Formbys. A good primer can sometimes overcome any compatibility issues as can considerable dry. And of a lesser compatibility concern is the type of glue if any you used to glue the stock pieces together with.
 
Sealer? Use the epoxy used for coating table tops or building boats. Very slow setting, oily like. Put that on and it will soak in the wood sealing it. You will see where it disappears on end grain. After it is cured, sand and paint.
 
Sealer? Use the epoxy used for coating table tops or building boats. Very slow setting, oily like. Put that on and it will soak in the wood sealing it. You will see where it disappears on end grain. After it is cured, sand and paint.
How do you get it on in an even coat? Thin it out a lot?
I use slow set epoxy to set the guides on the rods I build, but those are chucked in a rod finisher and turning for a day or more so they set evenly. Not easy stuff to work with…
 

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