I got sick of looking at unfinished front hand guards and a heavily lacquered butt stock. Not to mention how the guards were so much lighter than the butt stock. So I decided to do a quick and dirty finish on it. Just a couple passes with Minwax Ebony stain to better match the butt stock. Almost perfectly matched, but the top hand guard could've used another coat. I'll fix that... Maybe. I was going to use a lacquer on the hand guards... But Minwax Polyurethane was handy. So I did one coat, then lightly sanded it with 220 grit sandpaper upon drying. Cleaned the dust off, and applied another coat. And... Bingo. Still looks a little tacky, but I'm putting lipstick on a pitbull here. Figure any finish is better than none. Should keep my wood from warping when I get back to muggy Ohio summers.
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