Thread: Mosin Nagant Refinishing

Originally Posted by Slug

Shellac is easier than you think to apply. Buy the flakes and mix with acetone. Ball up some cotton cloth and rub on, plenty of yt vids for French polishing. Dries quick.

This.... i refinished a couple mosins with shellac, although from memory i used alcohol (meths) as the solvent for the shellac flakes. Wiped most of the old finish off with alcohol in the bathtub, rubbed a couple of new coats and and voila. it was pretty easy really, i found it quite easy to work with.

Also many years ago i tried mixing up a beeswax / linseed/ somethign else ive forgotten mixture as the 'Finn special' - smelt weird but seemed to give nice finish. Although i left 3/4 of the finn mosins ive had alone, they looked fine as is.