Thread: Norinco .22 resoration

you dont want to post up some photos so i can see what your dealing with?
the wood on norincos is generaly crap, but you sound like your learning that, point is you can polish a turd, i often stick the stripped stock into the dish washer, 2 reasons. 1 it raises bumps and dings realy well. 2 it will suck out the oil that often soaks into the grain of the wood so a new finish will take well.
if it only has a couple of little bruises, then a soaked tea towel and a firm press with a hot iron will work, but it wont get the oil out.
linsead oil is an exelent finish for a number of reasons, it will penitrate deeply into the wood preventing moisture entering and warping the wood, it darkens the wood naturaly over time, you can (and should) apply another coat at a later date and "refresh" the finish, but mostly because you can repair a ding down the track very easily.
remember one thing, you cant add wood back on, think about it before you do it.
watch when you sand the edges especialy the barrel channel and inletting, you dont want to roll the edge as it will look like a "home job"
heres a couple i have done reasently.




worst case senario, you can paint it and have a "sinthetic" looking stock, so dont worry too much about a cheapy stock.
have fun. any questions please feel free to ask.
greg