How do you clean this!

Acog74 · 07-18-2008, 09:42 PM

I have a danish M1 Garand that has a beech colored stock. The only thing is that half of my handguard is walnut color and the other beech so i take it is supposed to be beech. If anyone knows how to take the color out and make it all beech clor please let me know thankis.

M14man · 07-18-2008, 10:00 PM

I think Michael Jackson has been trying that. How to make a naturally darker color light. Your best chance is to treat it with a wood bleach, but I have no idea how close that would bring you to what you want. Your other option is to try and buy a beech handguard.

oldjarhead · 07-18-2008, 10:18 PM

Bleaching is an option but not really the best option. You stand a chance of each piece to bleach out different thereby presenting the problem of what stain to use in order to match all wood pieces...the same stain on different wood will render different results.
Best bet is to leave it the way it is...or...restock it with a complete set of matching wood...or...do what M14 said.
Check out Fulton-Armory.com for used stocks.

Dookiebutt · 07-19-2008, 09:46 AM

You will not match the colors. Beech does not take stain like walnut. You won't like the results. Enjoy it for what it is and the history, or just buy new handgards. Maybe Stock Doc can chime in.

Felix's Tattoo · 07-20-2008, 02:40 PM

I had pretty good luck removing the color from mixed handguards and stock. I used oven cleaner, rinsed with straight Clorox. Then scrubbed two or three more times with CLorox, with drying times in between. The Danish beech stock and the birch handguards ended up a mousey gray color. They accepted Fiebing's leather dye with no problem. I made them sorta reddish-brown. A few coats, then a coat of True Oil. Then knocked the high gloss off the TrueOil with linseed and 4/0 steel wool.

Looks very decent indeed. But you have to dink around with various bleaching materials to get them somewhat the same color, as else, as the others stated, you will have problems getting the different pieces to dye up the same color.

Beech & birch are workable, but I haven't been to sucessful in working with walnut. It always dyes darker than anything else.

If I knew how to post pictures, I would show you my red Dane, which is now .308.

Regards.

07-18-2008, 09:42 PM	#1
Acog74 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: CT Posts: 27	How do you clean this! I have a danish M1 Garand that has a beech colored stock. The only thing is that half of my handguard is walnut color and the other beech so i take it is supposed to be beech. If anyone knows how to take the color out and make it all beech clor please let me know thankis.

07-18-2008, 10:18 PM	#3
oldjarhead Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mansfield, MO Posts: 892	Bleaching is an option but not really the best option. You stand a chance of each piece to bleach out different thereby presenting the problem of what stain to use in order to match all wood pieces...the same stain on different wood will render different results. Best bet is to leave it the way it is...or...restock it with a complete set of matching wood...or...do what M14 said. Check out Fulton-Armory.com for used stocks. Last edited by oldjarhead; 07-18-2008 at 10:22 PM.

07-20-2008, 02:40 PM	#5
Felix's Tattoo Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: North Prairie Posts: 17	I had pretty good luck removing the color from mixed handguards and stock. I used oven cleaner, rinsed with straight Clorox. Then scrubbed two or three more times with CLorox, with drying times in between. The Danish beech stock and the birch handguards ended up a mousey gray color. They accepted Fiebing's leather dye with no problem. I made them sorta reddish-brown. A few coats, then a coat of True Oil. Then knocked the high gloss off the TrueOil with linseed and 4/0 steel wool. Looks very decent indeed. But you have to dink around with various bleaching materials to get them somewhat the same color, as else, as the others stated, you will have problems getting the different pieces to dye up the same color. Beech & birch are workable, but I haven't been to sucessful in working with walnut. It always dyes darker than anything else. If I knew how to post pictures, I would show you my red Dane, which is now .308. Regards. __________________ jim

07-18-2008, 10:00 PM	#2
M14man Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: FLA Posts: 543 Images: 10	I think Michael Jackson has been trying that. How to make a naturally darker color light. Your best chance is to treat it with a wood bleach, but I have no idea how close that would bring you to what you want. Your other option is to try and buy a beech handguard.

07-19-2008, 09:46 AM	#4
Dookiebutt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: America's North Coast Posts: 1,276	You will not match the colors. Beech does not take stain like walnut. You won't like the results. Enjoy it for what it is and the history, or just buy new handgards. Maybe Stock Doc can chime in.