February 11th, 2012, 10:05 PM
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| Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 7,891
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When i refinished my walnut stock all I did was clean it with oxyclean, let it dry and then used pure linseed oil. I did not stain it at all. When I go the stock it had a lot of dings in it, however it was not missing any wood nor did it have deep gouges. I worked the iron and steamed it for a couple of hours to get rid of every imperfection. It came out looking virtually new. I did not do any sanding on the stock at all. Here are my results.  
If you saw how it looked before hand you would think it was a different stock. Using the oxyclean really stripped everything out of the wood. It looked like a brand new piece of wood. I have heard others using simple green and plan on giving that a try on the next one. I also hear some place them in the dishwasher for a cycle and it comes out clean as a whistle but do that when the wife is not around.
If you do plan on steaming out any dings with the washcloth and iron, be careful around the proof marks
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