As some of y’all may or may not know, I’ve been reworking wood lately. I’ve been commissioned on a few jobs now and here’s the best one I’ve done so far.
The goal was to match the wood to the commie mud brown of the mak pistol grip. I threw in a Bakelite grip that matched the mak grip.
Started off with brown Damn house paint on it, so I had to strip it and then I discovered to was 2 different types of wood/grains.
Oh buddy but challenge accepted. Since the wood was plain I had to stain it first, then tweak the color with the finish. The first try was too dark, too plumish, not enough mud red, (Granted i discovered a new plum color)so I striped it again and went back at it. Second time around I nailed it. I also tried to give the buttstock some shading to match the HGs and the customer loves it. Took about 4/5 hours and it was a great learning experience. Now I’m ready to start my mak90 was!
TLDR: has to match some wood to grip, pretty tough but I nailed it