gsp7 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 What is the wood grip finish on a Taylors Uberti Cattleman ? Is it Poly Urethane ? Or some other shellac, lacquer stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Whatever it is, it's sure slippery especially when yer hands get sweaty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsp7 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Im wondering if its just clear or has reddish color in it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Refinish yourself -- a good covid-19 project! Looks better too! http://74.220.214.175/~dakotask/nick/longshotlogan.pdf --Dawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsp7 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 It'll get chem stripped and linseed oil maybe wit lil' stain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 The red is stain. The finish is sprayed polyurethane. Both can be removed with a good stripper, like CitriStrip or other premium strippers that are effective on urethane finish. Use a plastic scraper with the stripper to get the job done quickly without removing wood. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence Cutter Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I take off finishes with steel wool and then rub with Old English lemon oil. Looks a lot better and improves the grip considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 A good friend of mine did me a big favor. He took a pair of my uberti cap gun grips and refinished them as well as adding some metal. It’s interesting to see how nice some of the wood can be with decent grain after the red is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 13 hours ago, Fence Cutter said: I take off finishes with steel wool and then rub with Old English lemon oil. Looks a lot better and improves the grip considerably. I've done the same except using minwax dark walnut oil to seal the wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsp7 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 I have a bunch of different Laural Mountain stains if I want to add a little stain and have Dalys teak and tung oil for my rifle stock work. But Ive been using linseed oil on alot of things lately and for a small piece of wood like a SA grip it will do nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I did my pistols and my rifle. The poly sucks to get off, but they came out nice using Tru-oil. Post up pics as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Checker the grips and one will have no issues of slippery Grips, regardless of the finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Hendo said: I did my pistols and my rifle. The poly sucks to get off, but they came out nice using Tru-oil. Post up pics as you go. They came out good. I did a second pair of grips the other day. If I ever get caught up on the honey do list I may just tackle the shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Lone Rider Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 On 4/26/2020 at 9:40 AM, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said: Refinish yourself -- a good covid-19 project! Looks better too! http://74.220.214.175/~dakotask/nick/longshotlogan.pdf --Dawg I refinished mine by taking them and buying sets of checkered grips from Dawg. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Steak Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 I'm looking for some info on some stay at home woodwork. Seeing this thread makes me want to pull the wood on all four of my main match guns and try to refinish it so all of my gun wood matches, Is that a realistic expectation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Chuck Steak said: I'm looking for some info on some stay at home woodwork. Seeing this thread makes me want to pull the wood on all four of my main match guns and try to refinish it so all of my gun wood matches, Is that a realistic expectation? Exactly match, as in each one looks identical? Maybe. There's some variables involved. What are your shooters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just one caveat about refinishing Uberti grips, the wood they use is very soft. It takes very little sanding for them to end up shrinking and leaving you with the frame standing proud of the grips afterwards. I refinished mine by using Jasco paint stripper and steel wool, which took the OEM finish right off with little effort. Follow with some light sanding to remove scratches, then straight to a new finish. I used a dark stain then Birchwood Casey's Tru-Oil on mine and they came out looking great. Certainly a lot more authentic-looking than the shiny red originals! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Chuck Steak said: Seeing this thread makes me want to pull the wood on all four of my main match guns and try to refinish it so all of my gun wood matches, Is that a realistic expectation? Lotta work for very little improvement. Now, if you have some guns that the factory urethane/varnish finish is dinged up and you can't stand them "looking like they have been shot in Cowboy matches," you might refinish those to switch to the softer but tougher and easier to touch up linseed and tung oil type finishes. But doing all 4 match guns and hoping wood on Italian guns can be easily matched to wood on Turkish or Chinese guns and that those match your American revolvers? THAT would indeed be a masters-class in refinishing! Unless you just went with black stain on all of them. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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