Diana 52 ... walnut stock ... what to treat stock with?

[DadsKrag]

To answer your question there is not much point putting anything on a spray lacquer finish. About half have a stain mixed into the lacquer to give the gunstocks uniformity. They don't want people squabbling over light/dark etc. I believe all the Diana guns like the 52 are spray lacquered beech. It is a pleasant very durable wood and finish but not a showpiece like the ground up completely refinished walnut ones shown many of which are decades old. Those don’t have anything to do with your question and you wouldn't waste your time refinishing a beech stock.



Wipe it down with a T shirt every once in awhile. Put a tiny bit of oil of your choice on the shirt if you want. Nothing is going to penetrate that lacquer finish so forget the expensive magic oils. Anything you put on it is just going to sit on top. Don't put any wax on. It makes matching a touch up a great deal more dificult. Just shoot the gun.

Having done woodworking most of my life and have refinished more gun stocks than I can remember I assure you that this is the best answer on this thread

Nice. I should have posed the question that you just answered concerning lacquer. I waxed it with TreWax and it looks nice. Too late to NOT wax it.

Thank You

The wax can probably be removed with some sort of non solvent soap based cleaner.

Pledge will keep things looking nice and not significantly build up on the surface. It can be easily removed with a mild vinegar solution if you want to do some touch up. Lacquer is not a touch up friendly finish though.

 

[JohnnyPDX]

Clearly I'll need to buy another gun! HaHa.

This Diana has given me ANOTHER excuse to buy a lathe so I can make spring guides.

 

[DadsKrag]

I bought my son a Diana M48 which is mechanically the same as the M52, just a different stock I am led to believe.

It loves Crosman Premier HP pellets. Have you tried them in you M52?

 

[austin870]

To answer your question there is not much point putting anything on a spray lacquer finish. About half have a stain mixed into the lacquer to give the gunstocks uniformity. They don't want people squabbling over light/dark etc. I believe all the Diana guns like the 52 are spray lacquered beech. It is a pleasant very durable wood and finish but not a showpiece like the ground up completely refinished walnut ones shown many of which are decades old. Those don’t have anything to do with your question and you wouldn't waste your time refinishing a beech stock.



Wipe it down with a T shirt every once in awhile. Put a tiny bit of oil of your choice on the shirt if you want. Nothing is going to penetrate that lacquer finish so forget the expensive magic oils. Anything you put on it is just going to sit on top. Don't put any wax on. It makes matching a touch up a great deal more dificult. Just shoot the gun.

Having done woodworking most of my life and have refinished more gun stocks than I can remember I assure you that this is the best answer on this thread

Nice. I should have posed the question that you just answered concerning lacquer. I waxed it with TreWax and it looks nice. Too late to NOT wax it.

Thank You

The wax can probably be removed with some sort of non solvent soap based cleaner.

Pledge will keep things looking nice and not significantly build up on the surface. It can be easily removed with a mild vinegar solution if you want to do some touch up. Lacquer is not a touch up friendly finish though.

I would advise you to just leave the wax alone and let it wear off itself. You treat your guns well so you will probably never have to touch up. If you do just repost about that. Trying to remove the wax will probably cause problems. Too many variables involved in the wax, wood and lacquer etc.

 

[JohnnyPDX]

I bought my son a Diana M48 which is mechanically the same as the M52, just a different stock I am led to believe.

It loves Crosman Premier HP pellets. Have you tried them in you M52?

Howdy and no I have not tried those yet but will probably get around to it. The JSB / FX 15.9 seem to doing well in there for now. I will experiment as I get more trigger time with it. Thank You.

 

[JohnnyPDX]

To answer your question there is not much point putting anything on a spray lacquer finish. About half have a stain mixed into the lacquer to give the gunstocks uniformity. They don't want people squabbling over light/dark etc. I believe all the Diana guns like the 52 are spray lacquered beech. It is a pleasant very durable wood and finish but not a showpiece like the ground up completely refinished walnut ones shown many of which are decades old. Those don’t have anything to do with your question and you wouldn't waste your time refinishing a beech stock.



Wipe it down with a T shirt every once in awhile. Put a tiny bit of oil of your choice on the shirt if you want. Nothing is going to penetrate that lacquer finish so forget the expensive magic oils. Anything you put on it is just going to sit on top. Don't put any wax on. It makes matching a touch up a great deal more dificult. Just shoot the gun.

Having done woodworking most of my life and have refinished more gun stocks than I can remember I assure you that this is the best answer on this thread

Nice. I should have posed the question that you just answered concerning lacquer. I waxed it with TreWax and it looks nice. Too late to NOT wax it.

Thank You

The wax can probably be removed with some sort of non solvent soap based cleaner.

Pledge will keep things looking nice and not significantly build up on the surface. It can be easily removed with a mild vinegar solution if you want to do some touch up. Lacquer is not a touch up friendly finish though.

I would advise you to just leave the wax alone and let it wear off itself. You treat your guns well so you will probably never have to touch up. If you do just repost about that. Trying to remove the wax will probably cause problems. Too many variables involved in the wax, wood and lacquer etc.

I will heed your advise and leaver her be for now. For beech it's pretty darned nice and I even thought it was walnut, duh.

 

[DonC]

Mineral spirits will remove wax . Epoxy finish is what Theorben used. It won't be harmed by DEET in insect repellent AND prevents expansion/contraction from water vapor. Hard to repair a scratch however. West System is one of the best retailers. All tests were performed and published by Fine Woodworking magazine.

 

[Gear_Junkie]

Ordinary bench oil. 

Or you make your own from 50% benar, 25% American terpentine, and 25% boild linoil. (Not sure if linoil is the correct Norwegian to english traslation though......)

Wow, what type of wood is the stock in the front? That is GORGEOUS!!!

 

[Gunnertrones]

Wow, what type of wood is the stock in the front? That is GORGEOUS!!!

Green Yamo, that is flame birch. And for the record, instant coffee mixture was used to rise the wood pattern. But the finish is the home made mixture mention in my post. (Working it in with 000-steelwol) Looking good, doesn`t it?

 

[napairgunner]

I use teak oil and Howards Feed-N-Wax both work well.

 

[Gear_Junkie]

Wow, what type of wood is the stock in the front? That is GORGEOUS!!!

Green Yamo, that is flame birch. And for the record, instant coffee mixture was used to rise the wood pattern. But the finish is the home made mixture mention in my post. (Working it in with 000-steelwol) Looking good, doesn`t it?

That is SUPER cool!