Mod. 14 finish
Mod. 14 finish
I had to buy a replacement unfinished stock for my Grandpa's mod. 14 because the original one was beyond repair. It was a checkered one too which will be another issue. Can anyone tell me if the original finish was linseed, tung oil or something else?
Re: Mod. 14 finish
The topcoat used on the early guns was a low to semi-gloss Px Lacquer made at the Dupont plant in Chicago...........sorry, Px means nitrocellulose. The overall system not necessarily all supplied by DuPont was a Hickory colored stain, wood filler, sealer, and probably two topcoats. There were other DuPont plants that made the topcoat in Philadelphia and I think Parlin, NJ but the bulk of lacquer production came out of the Elston Avenue plant in Chicago.
The formula used on later stocks was similar and on the M141 had more gloss to it, as a result didn't age as well being far more brittle. Somewhere in all my old DuPont stuff I actually have some old Rx Cards for the lacquer products but they wouldn't be of much help.
OK...........too much information, hope that helps.
The formula used on later stocks was similar and on the M141 had more gloss to it, as a result didn't age as well being far more brittle. Somewhere in all my old DuPont stuff I actually have some old Rx Cards for the lacquer products but they wouldn't be of much help.
OK...........too much information, hope that helps.
Jim Peterson
Re: Mod. 14 finish
I need to add a couple of things to my posting in that DuPont didn't supply clear Nitrocellulose Lacquer products (Duco) until the early 1920's so I have no real idea what was used on Model 14 stocks from 1912-1923.
Before retiring from another chemical company in 2000 I snuck in some samples of finish of stocks from 1925, 1930, & 1935, the two later dates both had nitrocellulose lacquer on them. The finish from the 1925 stock had so many "peaks" on the test result we couldn't determine exactly what it was.
In looking at the really early stocks in my collection they could very well be finished with Boiled Linseed Oil, the grain is far more open and there doesn't appear to be a finish build up of any sort.
Regards!
Jim
Before retiring from another chemical company in 2000 I snuck in some samples of finish of stocks from 1925, 1930, & 1935, the two later dates both had nitrocellulose lacquer on them. The finish from the 1925 stock had so many "peaks" on the test result we couldn't determine exactly what it was.
In looking at the really early stocks in my collection they could very well be finished with Boiled Linseed Oil, the grain is far more open and there doesn't appear to be a finish build up of any sort.
Regards!
Jim
Jim Peterson