Stock Repair

[DavidD]

This past Friday while at the Tn Clay target Complex, I clumsily marred up my buddies stock by dropping another gun which hit his resting on the stand. It has a high gloss finish and there are a couple of sizeable nicks in this topcoat however the wood below appears to be damaged very little if any and thank goodness there wasn't any other damage.Even though he said not to worry about it, I want to have it repaired as the gun is perfect otherwise.

1. Can anyone recommend a person in the Nashville area that can repair this wood stock?

2. Has anyone successfully repaired something like this themselves? (Remember, the gun is not mine so the repair must be 1st rate )

[DavidD]

Bump- Surely somebody has a suggestion?????:-\

[Guest pjblurton]

I recently refinished a stock on a Marling Model 60 my father in law gave me. There were several deep gouges in the stock. I LIGHTLY sanded the finish to BARELY expose the wood and used a wet washrag and a hot iron to raise the wood in the gouged areas. Reaplied a good quality stain and several coats of a flat polyeurathane spray. Looks better than new now.

[DavidD]

I guess my problem is how to blend the top coat in with the surrounding areas. I don't want to refinish the entire stock and the wood itself doesn't appear to be damaged. And to boot, I'm not sure if the top coat is a Urethane or Varnish. Anyone know how to tell?