Well i took advantage of the bad weather yesterday, and refinished my psl. I haven't even shot the damn thing yet, but the nasty finish on it was driving me nuts. Mine came just like the picture on aim's website, blond up top and brown down below. So I used minwax red mahogany stain and put about 5 coats of lacquer on it. I think it came out nice....Whatcha think?

SCHWEEET!

Range report please!

WOW...it looks great!

Excellent work!

looks awesome. what was your process? you did a total strip?

Looks better than new, good job.

that is really nice - love the wood

I stripped it the night before using citristrip in a spray can. It took off all of the old finish completely. Once the finish was gone i gave it a good wipe with mineral spirits and let it sit over night. Yesterday morning i sanded it down progressively, starting with 80 grit and finishing up with 320. I took my carving knife and matched up the vent holes on the hand guard(nice little added touch)

I then stained with the red mahogany stain, the butt took 2 coats the handguards took 3. I sprayed with lacquer and sanded with 600grit wet sand paper between coats. On the last coat i sanded again with the 600 and applied some paste wax. It could use another coat of wax, but i'll get to that later.

Real beauty there Eric.

Very nice, can ya do mine next?

I leave for work sunday morning. When i get back in 3 weeks bring 'er by.

I leave for work sunday morning. When i get back in 3 weeks bring 'er by.

 

deal!

 

wow you are already going back? geez I remember you posting you just got home...

Looks good, stripping my stock was a real pain, I had to use some serious stripper and a scrapping tool.

 

Do yourself a favor and learn from my mistakes NEVER refinish a surplus weapon

until you have field tested it 1st. Now if you shoot this and it fails to feed or fire you cannot return it to AIM since you have altered it and they cannot resell it. The only good thing is you do have an issue, the PSL's are generally a easy fix unless parts are needed, very hard to come by.

I bought it from a buddy of mine and have seen it function. It didn't come from aim just used the reference of how it looked. Also i have built some similar weapons when i lived in florida, so i dont think there is any kind of issue i cant handle. If it does, it will end up being quite a learning experience and give me something to do next time i come home.

Looks good

suprized you did test fire it yet

Excellent work. I'm impressed!!

Looks good homie!

Awesome work! Be safe at work!