Posted: 3/10/2006 7:37:25 PM EDT
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http://www.hqtheclub.org/files/ak1.jpg Complete at long last! My thanks goes out to Ne1 and everyone else who gave advice in refinishing the gun. I appreciate your help immensely. - Molyresin Refinish - Restored Furniture with Polyshades - De-blued and Polished Bolt A world of difference for about $50 in supplies. |
 Nice AK! Looks great! The wood looks really nice too. And you are quite welcome. Glad I could help! Thanks for posting a pic. It's always nice to see a plan come to fruition. What kind of mollyresin did you use? Semi-gloss? Looks like you did the mag too, right? Run into any problems? Easy and fun, right? Mollyresin is great stuff! |
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It was actually a little easier than I expected, but I suppose I did all the hard stuff ahead of time gathering supplies and cleaning the gun. Its actually the SOCOM black but it came out a bit shiny once I rubbed it down with Sheath. I don't mind too much. The only problem I had was baking the receiver and barrel. It BARELY fit in the oven and in my struggle to get it in there, the wire I was using to hang the whole thing managed to scratch up the uncured finish on the barrel. I didn't realize until afterwards so I had to respray and heat it with a heatgun vs. putting it in the oven. Fortunately my heatgun goes well over 500 degrees so it wasn't an issue. Another 'problem' was with one of the mags. After I baked it, a ton of cosmoline poured out of the seams but after I cleaned it up, it was alright. I live in a small apartment and this project was not well suited for where I live. Nor is it suited for small ovens! I wish I had a garage or something so I could of done this outside but I had to settle for a gasmask and open windows. I'm very pleased with the results anyway. $23 is a bargain for Molyresin. Its good stuff. |