refinish

After reading many, many, MANY threads on the forums, I have come to the conclusion that my thick skull cant really comprehend all of the different options when it comes to finishing wood. First, I will go over what I have, and my goal: I have a NOS Russian RPK Upper/Lower Laminate Handguard...

If one wanted to refinish a Saiga with Rust-Oleum Appliance Epoxy, could they do it over the standard Saiga finish? Like, what exact finish do they use? I've read that it's parkerized with black paint on top. Is that true? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ;)

I'm thinking about doing a plum project. I have black Armory USA furniture, but I was thinking that maybe if I mixed purple & black Krylon paint & then do a high gloss polyurethane coating over the paint, I could get a finish similar to this original Russian plum polymer furniture (uploaded by...

Hello all, I am new to the forums and have some questions about the AK finishing world. I have recently been introduced to the world of AK metal finishing by a customer. Here to now, I have generally worked with factory commercial guns and I have avoided military variants. I do have some...