refinishing wood grips

[ghostrider]

I sanded down some hardwood pistol grips to make them thinner. What do people recommend for re-finishing the wood?

[ex_dsmr]

Birchwood Casey makes a nice "kit" which has conditioner, stain, and a protectant. Ive never done wood grips with it but ive completed 2 BP kit builds.

Or you can simply use ordinary stain/laquer

[Commander Cody]

TUNG OIL
(chinawood oil)

[Tregs]

+1 for Tung Oil. I refinished some target grips on a S&W model 66 and they came out looking like new.
The gun is an older police carry so the right side grips were scarred. I sanded out the scratches and finished with tung oil. I took the recommendation from the guy at the local "high end" woodshop store (Woodcraft). I figured he knew what he was talking about. He did.
Good luck.

[Warhammer]

Do you know what kind of wood? Many of the exotics like Pau Ferro are heavy duty skin irritants and really need a wax-based finish to protect your hands from the wood.

[ghostrider]

I think they're American Walnut. I'll give tung oil a try.
thanks.

[glbedd53]

Hey Ghostrider, you have 665 =1 posts, might want to check that.

[ghostrider]

[quoteHey Ghostrider, you have 665 =1 posts, might want to check that.] [/quote]

I see 667 posts; I don't know what you're talking about :-) :-)

[XinTX]

Tru Oil (Birchwood Casey product) works wonders. It's used on gun stocks a lot (and on guitar necks too). Other products are more suited to furniture refinishing.