Restoring grips? help!

Edward Tinker · 07-30-2007, 10:45 PM

Doug, depends on how comfortable you are in messing with them. With Weimar period grips that were really nasty, old, dirty and oily, I have used paint stripper on them.

otherwise, normally I generally use murphys oil soap on them, and this takes most grime off.

any paint remover, soap, etc, makes them look very bleached out (which must be hard on the wood) and then I use tung oil on them. Used to use boiled lindseed oil, but that takes a long time to dry...

ed

07-30-2007, 10:45 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	Doug, depends on how comfortable you are in messing with them. With Weimar period grips that were really nasty, old, dirty and oily, I have used paint stripper on them. otherwise, normally I generally use murphys oil soap on them, and this takes most grime off. any paint remover, soap, etc, makes them look very bleached out (which must be hard on the wood) and then I use tung oil on them. Used to use boiled lindseed oil, but that takes a long time to dry... ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

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