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After a heap of Czech surplus ammo today, I pulled the 56S down for a good clean
Boiling water down the tube and threw the internals and the gas tube (with wood) into hot soapy water in sink.
Come back and water was a yellow colour - the dye or whatever has come out of the top wood and its now bare and the colour of balsa :oh noes:
Anyone have an idea of what the original finish is/was?
Polish ed ear wax? :)
Would be Chinese wax lol
Probably shellic or something similar
Not very good if it came off in the sink
Buy plastic stuff.
NEA do some bits
http://northeasternarms.com/accessories/cz-858-vz-58
Just say it saw action over the cambodian border - after 16 days in a swamp and being hidden in your ass this is how it came out...
NEA plastic is damn near worse than airsoft junk. No thanks
It WAS a nice 80s built gun. May have to find another top wood
Maybe they stained it with rusty nails and vinegar.. (I've heard that can be done)... or a coating of poo. :)
But seriously you should be able to get someone to match the colors again..
I knew a French polisher who could do magic with most stains and wood-grains..
Bit of a bugger though.. don't suppose you can show a pic of the original color next to the washed off one..
I'll post up a pic laterQuote:
Originally Posted by wiredkiwis
It wasnt scrubbed or anything - just chucked in the sink for 10 mins
Just soak all the rest of it then re stain it or varnish it with some slightly tinted matte varnish - surely it wont be any shittier than any standard Norinco offering? Trying to match up just the top wood if you arent a pro will probably be pissing in the wind.
"spar varnish" is (used to be) the good stuff
You could try some rit dye, but like Cyclist recommends... I would be removing the dye from the other wood and dying it all again.
Heaps of recipes for rit dye / ak stocks on the net, have a look at choose the one that best suits. This one looks alright (note: he did use shellac - ruby to finish).
Rit dye recipes? - AR15.Com Archive
These instructions are for a Mosin, but you could probably adapt the method.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...5616264269.jpg
sweat shop geniune sweat...now you'll have to go to china for that
not sure if this place can help http://soviet-military.com/catalog/ak-stocks-stock-sets
I've been lucky. A mate has given me his top wood as he's a plastic whore.
That Russian wood is nice, but being a nice 80s Chinese gun want to keep it original.
The pic below is the fooked one and new. The original was a bunch of CRC on it and has darkened up a little from the white balsa colour.
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