I recently was able to buy a wood stocked rifle with a satin lacquer finish at cost. It has a few rub marks/scratches in the stock. These are not deep. What is the best way to remove scratches from a lacquer stock. These scratches are fairly minimal, but they catch my eye. I want an easy process and one that will not let me turn a minimally scratched stock into junk buy trying to "fix it."
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Removing scratch from lacquered stock?
- Thread starter Hello123
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"...lacquered stock"?
Varnished maybe, but not likely lacquer.
If it was lacquer you could remove the scratches by just applying lacquer thinner to melt the finish again and then polish it back to uniform.
Varnish polymerizes and is not soluble after curing, even inthe original solvent.
The most you can do is smooth the surface to make the scratches less noticaable, or fill them with something. Even paste wax can fill minor scratches.
Varnished maybe, but not likely lacquer.
If it was lacquer you could remove the scratches by just applying lacquer thinner to melt the finish again and then polish it back to uniform.
Varnish polymerizes and is not soluble after curing, even inthe original solvent.
The most you can do is smooth the surface to make the scratches less noticaable, or fill them with something. Even paste wax can fill minor scratches.