Refinishing teak stock on a Yugo M48?

[thunderw0lf]

What is the best way to refinish teak? I would like to lighten the color a bit as it is fairly dark but my understanding is that standard woodstains do not work well with teak being an oily wood. I am also not sure how much cosmo it has soaked up.

I bought the rifle from Mitchell's, the service grade which recieved no refinishing or cleaning prior to sale.

[nijwnfi]

The wood is not Teak. Mitchells is known for stretching the truth about their product. Without seeing it, I would say the stock is Elm. Most M48s were. Have you tried a good cleaner? Family Dollar Store has a product called LA Awesome Cleaner, it really works. Get the grime off, you may like the color.

[tomgun1]

any one have a good manuel on how to remove the wood forearm from an ak yougo

[bmel17]

search in youtube for AK disassembly. You could easliy sell the wood for the yugo and get a synthetic stock cheap. Yugo wood is hard to find

[thunderw0lf]

The wood is not Teak. Mitchells is known for stretching the truth about their product. Without seeing it, I would say the stock is Elm. Most M48s were. Have you tried a good cleaner? Family Dollar Store has a product called LA Awesome Cleaner, it really works. Get the grime off, you may like the color.

Here is a pic of it.

[nijwnfi]

Yup, that's Elm. Dollar Tree, not Family Dollar, has that cleaner. If you wish to try your hand at stripping/staining, most any chemical stripper will work. Once bare and dry, Formbys sells a pre-wash solution to use before applying stain. It works well. I like the stock color myself, a little cleaner followed up by some Lemon Oil (Formbys is good), it'll look great.

[nfafan]

European Elm. Who knows where Yugo and Teak ever came together; folks been thinking their Yugo whatevers have Teak wood, when it is Elm, maybe Birch, or even Walnut.