Refinishing Indian Made musket

[TheThunderGun]

I already know there are some haters for the Indian made muskets I've had no fault yet. However I want to refinish the wood on my Brown Bess 1st Model to get it close to an original, I know they are made with teak wood but was curious if anyone had a good stain and finish they would put on the wood to refinish, I atleast want to take of the lacquer and refinish it. I was thinking about sanding it down lightly and restaining with walnut stain or a maple stain and finishing eith truoil that i will dull down with fine steel wool and mineral oil. I may add some patina to it in the process of finishing. Im more concerned about which stain to use? Those were just my initial thoughts. Thanks in advance.

-Donald

 

[ArmorerRoy]

Fieblings brown leather dye and tung oil makes for a good finish.

 

[TheThunderGun]

Fieblings brown leather dye and tung oil makes for a good finish.
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Beautifully done how many coats of tung oil did you use? Did you dilute the leather dye? I definitely think I'll follow this I love the way that turned out. I might put it on a few pistols.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

Beautifully done how many coats of tung oil did you use? Did you dilute the leather dye? I definitely think I'll follow this I love the way that turned out. I might put it on a few pistols.

I removed the factory finish with citristrip and scraped everything with a razor blade. I put the leather dye on straight and let it dry. Then four coats of tung oil and steel wooled between coats. No sandpaper was used. I also browned the lock. I didn’t even remove the barrel.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

I removed the factory finish with citristrip and scraped everything with a razor blade. I put the leather dye on straight and let it dry. Then four coats of tung oil and steel wooled between coats. No sandpaper was used. I also browned the lock.

The top left is the before.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

Here is another Japanese one the I did the same routine.

Before

After

It’s super cheap and easy.