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I like the non gloss but its your rifle. AK's are meant to look "weathered" but nice glossy wood would look good with a great paint job and non chipped, bent or scratched parts. If your parts are beat Id leave it as is...... Nice wood by the way.
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Worst case is you have to take the finish back off, try them both. Unless you use a two part epoxy like I did on one build, that stuff is NEVER coming off(easily), but the wood will remain perfect underneath for another 100 years!sigpic
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Those came out great, must be an ancient Chinese secret...judging by the workbench.
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when they came out of the chinese factories the stocks were dipped thick in shelac
of course the shine is not condusive to combat use so i guess it depends on what your theme is
do you want it to look combat ready or prettyComment
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Nope...you read it right. He was shoot with my AK. haha, no, type, sorry. So...OP, what did you decide?Need A Realtor in SoCal? Shoot me a PM. :cool:Comment
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This might help you out.
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That isn't glossy compared to furniture I have waiting for a build in progress. I can't wait to post pics and get flamed for having a pimped AK.If you can't explain it simply you don't understand it well enough. Albert EinsteinComment
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Lol make it shiny like that guy, it looks fuggin WETSaiga 12 IZ-109
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That AK finish looks more than just wet... it's so shiny it looks almost like he dipped it in jello or something.
I think I never saw anything this shiny, except maybe for some of the really wet-looking finishes for old sports cars refinished with fancy paint etc.
And even then, maybe that AK looks shinier/wetter.
Personally, I'm with the side that wants to bury AKs outside then drag them around...
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
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This is mine last week, rit crimson dye and 4 coats of minwax. but after todays trip to the range and about 400 rds later the shine on the foregrip lost a little of its luster. After reading some of the posts in this thread i removed the gun from my safe and threw in the shed with my lawnmower I will be treating both the gun and the lawnmower equally now.
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Americans stormed the beaches of Normandy, not Europeans. Americans invented the airplane, personal computer, telephone, radio, TV, GPS, the DVR, automatic transmission, laser, and f'ing bubble gum. EUROPEANS DIDN"T. So until you asshats start providing the world with more innovation than Americans do how about you STFU about us?Comment
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