This stock was a repair/restoration of a Mcmillan for Furtaker on here. He asked me to fix the damage to the stock from the previous paint job where the stock was heated too hot to cure the cerakote, and caused the stock to split in a couple spots. After that was complete, he requested one of my camo finishes to be applied. Heat cure cerakote on a stock is a bad idea UNLESS you have a oven good enough to precisely manage the temperature to ensure that you can keep the stock warm enough to cure, but not so hot that you'll damage the stock.
There was overspray on all the hardware, the bedding was painted (BAD, BAD thing to do), the paint was applied ridiculously thick, and the edges were so sharp between the different layers, I couldn't believe that no effort was taken to remove them.
I basically removed all the old finish down to the original molded in finish of the stock, and then filled in any holes, chips, unevenness in areas, repaired the cracks, and then coated the stock with it's final paint job. There are no edges between layers of paint that you can feel. I blasted, and recoated the visible cheek hardware pieces in Black cerakote.
On the bedding, unfortunately there is nothing that I can do. The only way to restore the bedding, is to remove it, and redo it. If I try to sand the finish out, I will cause high/low spots, which will destroy the ideally perfect fit of the action to the stock.
Fur, i'm looking forward to seeing your reaction to the stock in person when I see you on Friday!
Branden
There was overspray on all the hardware, the bedding was painted (BAD, BAD thing to do), the paint was applied ridiculously thick, and the edges were so sharp between the different layers, I couldn't believe that no effort was taken to remove them.
I basically removed all the old finish down to the original molded in finish of the stock, and then filled in any holes, chips, unevenness in areas, repaired the cracks, and then coated the stock with it's final paint job. There are no edges between layers of paint that you can feel. I blasted, and recoated the visible cheek hardware pieces in Black cerakote.
On the bedding, unfortunately there is nothing that I can do. The only way to restore the bedding, is to remove it, and redo it. If I try to sand the finish out, I will cause high/low spots, which will destroy the ideally perfect fit of the action to the stock.
Fur, i'm looking forward to seeing your reaction to the stock in person when I see you on Friday!
Branden
