Stock repair for plasticizer migration

[FL22]

My Contour’s synthetic stock is suffering from plasticizer migration or possibly rubber reversion.

The hotter the stock gets from being outdoors, the more tacky it becomes.
If anyone has any experience dealing with this issue I would be more than happy to hear about it.

 

[pan60]

bet way to fix it is to sell it to me cheap. cheap I mean it does need a new stock you know :0

sorry no clue what the fix would be. my first thought is coat it but that might make a small issue worse?
if it was mine I would make a new stock

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

I had a Lynx with the same rubberized type coating, it started having the same issue. I ended up removing the stock and stripping off the coating, sanded it, stained and clear coated.

 

[FL22]

Mostly what I’ve read so far is people using rubbing alcohol, goo gone or baking soda and water made to a paste consistency to try reduce tackiness on items that have this problem.

I suppose if worse comes to worse, removing the coating is an option.

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

At first I tried rubbing alcohol and it ended up just making it look dull and terrible, I ended up using paint stripper to get most of it off. Pretty much had to sand the entire stock and I remember the sandpaper getting pretty clogged up with that rubber coating. After a good sanding the wood ended up being a really light color so I used a walnut stain followed by a few coats of clear varnish. Wish I had pictures, it did turn out really nice though.

 

[dunz]

At first I tried rubbing alcohol and it ended up just making it look dull and terrible, I ended up using paint stripper to get most of it off. Pretty much had to sand the entire stock and I remember the sandpaper getting pretty clogged up with that rubber coating. After a good sanding the wood ended up being a really light color so I used a walnut stain followed by a few coats of clear varnish. Wish I had pictures, it did turn out really nice though.

love to see how it turned out

 

[FL22]

I’m going to try this first, see how it goes.



Then move on to more invasive actions if necessary.

 

[FL22]

Well it looks like an 8yr old did it, . But at least it’s removable, function over form for now.



In my defense it has lots of “contours”

 

[pan60]

looks great to me!