Refinished the AK

[jron]

Refinished the wood furniture on my Wasr. Wood wasn't pretty and was rough. Much better looking now!

Absolutely in LOVE with the AK!! Glad I got rid of that stupid plastic AR

Before:





After:

 

[NickyBangBang]

wow looks awesome!

What did you use? I'd love my Wasr to look like that!

 

[HansGruber]

Very nice! What stain/finish did you use? I recently sanded mine down with plans to refinish a deep mahogany red, but liked the blonde wood too much. i just clear coated it with mini wax semi gloss polyurethane. Around 5 coats.

 

[jron]

I used "cherry" stain from minwax I believe. I had a bunch in the basement and sampled them all on scrap wood first to make my pick. I wanted to do reddish, but I am much happier with this, its a very nice medium color. I just used a semi gloss polyurethane. 3 coats of stain and 2 coats of poly.

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Very nice! What stain/finish did you use? I recently sanded mine down with plans to refinish a deep mahogany red, but liked the blonde wood too much. i just clear coated it with mini wax semi gloss polyurethane. Around 5 coats.

I really liked yours, saw your thread before I did mine, but was originally thinking redish. But I like the medium I chose.

 

[ntomsw]

Stupid plastic AR? Riiight.

 

[jron]

Stupid plastic AR? Riiight.

Dont worry, there is still one in my safe.

 

[ntomsw]

I buy guns that will actually hit the target I am aiming at. That's why I buy/build AR's.

 

[slap shot]

I buy guns that will actually hit the target I am aiming at. That's why I buy/build AR's.

And no termite worries.

 

[mikelawtown]

where is the RED Dot? Sorry had to....Looks awesome

 

[dnepro-mike]

looks good.
was furniture oiled prior to you refinishing it?

i have dark brown set of wood hand-guards that i would like to make lighter. they don't look varnished more like a garand stock from CMP - dark, dull, brown.
i want to give em light redish look that soviet AKMs and early AK74s had. but unsure how to go about refinishing it.
handguards are brand new/unissued and really nice looking micro-laminate. really don't wanna mess it up.

 

[jron]

where is the RED Dot? Sorry had to....Looks awesome

lmao. hahahaha

 

[jron]

looks good.
was furniture oiled prior to you refinishing it?

i have dark brown set of wood hand-guards that i would like to make lighter. they don't look varnished more like a garand stock from CMP - dark, dull, brown.
i want to give em light redish look that soviet AKMs and early AK74s had. but unsure how to go about refinishing it.
handguards are brand new/unissued and really nice looking micro-laminate. really don't wanna mess it up.

No oil. I just cleaned the wood with murphys oil soap and lightly sanded down the wood. then stained it and poly coated it. Mine is just straight wood no laminate so I wouldn't know the best way to tackle that.

 

[NickyBangBang]

Urge to run to the garage and start sanding the Wasr's furniture... getting stronger.....can't resist much more!

Thanks Guys!

 

[jron]

Urge to run to the garage and start sanding the Wasr's furniture... getting stronger.....can't resist much more!

Thanks Guys!

well whats the status?

 

[NickW85]

I buy guns that will actually hit the target I am aiming at. That's why I buy/build AR's.

I have no problem hitting turkeys in the frozen food section with my AK.