My Romanian AK

[SKS Ray]

This was after some advice of a fellow NESr on how to make it look better. Hard to see cause its a poor quality shot but I polished the bolt and it functions 100% smoother now.
The stock looks much better with some finish on it.

 

[dreppucci007]

Looks real nice!!!

 

[JonJ]

Yup, sporting that Commie red look. Got a before pic? My WASR wood was pretty plain, just oiled by looks of it.

 

[SiameseRat]

the grain on the stock is really purty

 

[Moderator]

[wolf whistle]

 

[LORD of WAR]

what kind of finish did you use?? looks awesome

 

[Twigg]

'Nother excellent job !

 

[SKS Ray]

Nope, no before shot, at least none that show what the stock really looked like. Even that picture was a quickie to get rid of some old film.
I think it was JonJ that gave me the refinish tip, Red Sedona stain. I followed it up with many coats of spray poly with some 600 grit sanding in between the last 2. The bolt was done with rust/blue remover, then buffing with an angle die grinder and 3 inch 3M rust removal discs. On high speed they polish metal to a mirror finish.
Sure beats the original look of poorly machined blued metal and the stock's original finish which was nothing more than, well... looked like dirt.

 

[JonJ]

Cool. The Sedona Red was the closest I could find locally.
Here's what my WASR looked like before the refinish:

 

[LoginName]

the grain on the stock is really purty

It's a laminated wood stock (and you're right, it does look "really purty" when refinished like that ).