AK47 Furniture Project

[virtus]

The finished product looks great

Hell, the wood looked pretty nice to begin with. Back when I was in the market for a WASR I handled a few and they were ROUGH looking.

 

[RollTide]

get the small can....i hardly used any of it.

Quick question. I have denatured alcohol. I see you used strpper and thinner. Do you think I could just use the dna to get the old finish off

 

[fivepointstar]

Quick question. I have denatured alcohol. I see you used strpper and thinner. Do you think I could just use the dna to get the old finish off

I don't know....there's a MDS member that does this for a living and he told me what to buy and the order to do it. I saved myself some $$ doing it myself

 

[LostSoul]

YOU did a great job!!!

what finish did you use???

RIT dye and satin polyurethane finish.

 

[fivepointstar]

RIT dye and satin polyurethane finish.

My next one will like yours. LMK if you can buy this in the store or is it a mixture of stains?

thanks!

 

[LostSoul]

I got it at Wal Mart. Look in the section with laundry detergents and whatnot. I believe the two colors I used were along the lines of "Scarlet" and "Wine" or something like that. Just go with light coats so you don't get it TOO red, then let it dry for a couple of days before applying the seal coat.

 

[fivepointstar]

I got it at Wal Mart. Look in the section with laundry detergents and whatnot. I believe the two colors I used were along the lines of "Scarlet" and "Wine" or something like that. Just go with light coats so you don't get it TOO red, then let it dry for a couple of days before applying the seal coat.

so you mixed them together and put light coats on the wood and allow a few days to try before the poly.

awesome!! thx

 

[LostSoul]

I didn't mix them, I started with a few swipes of the lighter red, dried it, followed by the darker till the color looked OK. You can experiment a little bit, the stuff is water based so you can wash it out to some extent if it doesn't come out right. Let it dry before judging the color, as it does change some when dry.

 

[fivepointstar]

I didn't mix them, I started with a few swipes of the lighter red, dried it, followed by the darker till the color looked OK. You can experiment a little bit, the stuff is water based so you can wash it out to some extent if it doesn't come out right. Let it dry before judging the color, as it does change some when dry.

very cool!!! thanks

 

[LostSoul]

I'm trying to find the page I loosely used as a how to guide, but I can't find it at the moment... I'll post a link if I find it

 

[woodstock]

i have been toying with this idea, and now that i see the results, i like. nice job!

 

[krashmania]

you're getting a head of me

I was going to do a Mosin, a Mauser and my son's baseball bat

In case you happen to have some mysterious of shortage mosins, I have an m44 that would look preeeetty sweet in red...

 

[fivepointstar]

I'm trying to find the page I loosely used as a how to guide, but I can't find it at the moment... I'll post a link if I find it

Thanks....

 

[Jaybeez]

Rit dye plus one part denatured alcohol plus one part clear shellac. Looks great.

 

[eddiek2000]

I really like what you did on the stock. Quick question. I have a WASR myself and I would like to do the same. The stock on mine is a bit darker though, would you suggest sanding it down a little or just doing it the same way

Strip it and bleach if necessary.

 

[Harpoon76]

She's a beauty, nice job on her.

 

[El_flasko]

Looks great FPS

 

[MauiWowie]

Now I want an AK

 

[RollTide]

Stripped mine and evrything came right off. Alot better than I expected. Put on one coat of Sedona red(really liked the color in this post), think maybe one or two more coats. Havn't decied on semi gloss or satin for the finish. So far so good, everythings coming out the same shade. Except a wooden grip I bought but I knew I'd have to work on that.

 

[fivepointstar]

Stripped mine and evrything came right off. Alot better than I expected. Put on one coat of Sedona red(really liked the color in this post), think maybe one or two more coats. Havn't decied on semi gloss or satin for the finish. So far so good, everythings coming out the same shade. Except a wooden grip I bought but I knew I'd have to work on that.

Cool!! I put 5 light coats of stain. and satin finish