Zoli zouave musket

[Kev308]

Hello all, I own this zouave musket, and want to strip the stock sand it and refinish it. Can anyone recommend a good stripper?
thanks
Kevin

 

[Nameless Hunter]

Now that's a loaded question...

 

[Nameless Hunter]

I would think any good wood stripper from a big box store should do the job.

 

[Sam squanch]

The club down the road closed, all the strippers moved on. Homer formby’s products seem took ok. Please wear gloves and get plenty of air!

 

[Sam squanch]

Seem to work ok, I mean. All this talk about strippers.......

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

FYI, the citrus ‘stripping chemical’ works slick as a beer wetted dollar bill!

 

[Treestalker]

I've always used oven cleaner on gunstocks to strip away the old finish. I have a Zoli Zouave but have not tried stripping the finish on it. They are very blonde and I have heard tales of them being a bear to refinish; I don't know. I have sanded a small area on my stock's fore-end after cutting down the length, and refinished with Kiwi brand brown 'scuff cover', followed with a few hand rubbed coats of Tru-Oil. It matched the original finish just fine.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

Yes, very light colored after the original finish is removed. I stained mine before applying a finish.

 

[RjSixgun]

make or buy an alcohol based stain.

 

[JBeardNC]

I was stripping a cva shotgun stock today, and I've been having good luck using a utility blade like you would a cabinet scraper. Just keep it flat to the wood. I normally use denatured alcohol to cut a loosen a shellac finish, but scraping works good if someone used a polyurethane or gel stain on the wood.

 

[toot]

Seem to work ok, I mean. All this talk about strippers.......

I can't figure out why you have to wear gloves when handling STRIPPERS? what have they got that is harmful? OH!!!

 

[James C. Burnette]

I was taught in 1959 by an old school gunsmith to use glass to strip stocks, cheap and effective!!

 

[Centurion]

Spray aircraft stripper - spray, wait 30 minutes, scrape off the goo, let dry, start sanding...

 

[Centurion]

Check your auto parts stores.

 

[RhinoDave]

https://www.amazon.com/Citristrip-QCSG801-Paint-Varnish-Stripping/dp/B07LF8T6PM used it on all my refinish jobs

 

[Kev308]

Thanks for the help guys! Particularly the advice about using gloves when touching a stripper.....ahem.
I’ve heard about the oven cleaner from a few people. My plan is to strip it down, fix a small crack then stain it a dark walnut amd oil it.
That’s a winter project so when I finally start it I’ll post some photos.
thanks again

 

[SamTex1949]

I can't figure out why you have to wear gloves when handling STRIPPERS? what have they got that is harmful? OH!!!

Heck , why not we gotta wear masks everywhere too !