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Hey team.
My stock is coming along just shaping then will do final sand.
What have people used to finish/seal the finished product? Keen to pick it up
So I have it on have when the stock is finished. Ideally something from Bunnings/mitre10.
I already have boiled linseed oil, would that work?
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boiled linseed and terps mixed has been used for years..tongue oil is the classic for gunstocks....Ive just used whatever wood type oil is on hand and the stocks get a bit of love with oily rag after day out on hill....my oily rag has whatever is on hand on it..3n1 2 stroke synthetic motor oil,breakfree and my stocks have stood up to test of time... definately NOT shiney pristine showroom finish..but I dont want that on a hunting rifle. yo ucan seal the unseen bits with a polyurethane or similar..eg barrel channel
mine just got wee bit of oily rag treatment.
and for the love of all things holy...poke some soft jaws in that vice before akaroa sees it and demands some type of phalic deformation as punishment.
haha yep that was just hold the rough untouched timber. Hopefully I have a wood vice on the way but this will do for now :)
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Tru oil?
I spy wit hmy beady eyes..you have made a classy buttpate too...... must be a fair few jandle rubber ones around now....
I was a fan of tru-oil. Also see a tru-oil/armour-all mix is meant to work very well.
Last one I did was with Danish oil and pretty happy with that, but that hasn't made it into the field just yet
I always use lacquer based sanding sealer then sand it off with fine wet & dry. That fills the pores before you apply an oil finish. I always use artist's linseed oil for that, available at any art supply, paper plus, etc. That gives you a traditional London oil finish.
I use spar varnish, sand and tung/Danish oil
Ha that’s for my .223 carbon stock :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
I am reusing the t-bolt synthetic butplate on this as it has a spare mag storage in it :)
I drench the stock with tung oil and leave it a full week, then use sandpaper soaked in tung oil and go over the whole stock to create a sort of mud. This fills the pores, then leave it another week. Then sand again using finer and finer paper until satisfied with the result. The occasional drop of oil after that will keep it pristine.
the bloody heathens who have replied - boiled turps - if doing a new stock mix in a little turps to get it to soak in - other wise boiled linseed and hand rub - that has done best English for years - hand rub and rub and polish with more hand rubbing - the more you do the better it will lookQuote:
Originally Posted by Delphus
And don't forget to put a schnabel on the front.
or a piece of rosewoodQuote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJason
Done a number in the last few years. Best I’ve found is to get some spar varnish and thin it down with vegetable turps. Talking 50/50. Paint it on until it won’t absorb any more- end grain will take a lot.
Other option is boiled linseed oil, but it will need a dryer added if you want to get the stock done in any reasonable time frame. Boiled linseed oil takes forever to oxidise, and can be a real pain if you inadvertently put it on too thick.
Give me a pm and I can talk you through the process start to finish if you want.
As above. I mix about 2% of terrabine with thinned boiled linseed oil. Still a slow process. A little each couple of days and well rubbed before next very light application. Not to be a hurried job.
In france there is a product called Sicatif which is used to speed up the drying of the linseed oil.
Also, there is a tree root, dark red in apparence mixed with the boil linseed to give it a red/ dark tin. It is called orcanette.
I meant boiled linseed not boiled turpsQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry the hunter
Think it’s alkanet root. I’ve played with that too. Takes a long time to infuse into the base oil, but does add that nice red tinge to the wood (once you get enough in there)Quote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
Yup I've read about that stuff. It's meant to be in a few of the old English recipes but could be a bit of faffing aroundQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick
Here are a couple I've found but yet to try
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Thanks team some excellent suggestions there. I have decided to keep it simple and have sourced some tru-oil. I’ll post pics when the whole thing is done.
Look up the truoil armourall recipe
You might be surprised
Truoil will be all good, I HIGHLY recommend thinning with lacquer thinner for the sealing coats. Help it get in deep.
And de-whisker very well, or first time you take it out in the rain it will turn into a furry mess. Believe me…
Nimrods' recipe
0ne part boiled linseed oil.
One part turps
One part Cabots polyurethane.
Turps thins it out. Soaks in rapidly then evaporates leaving linseed poil and polyurethane impregnated in wood.
This recipe is taonga so ask RK permission to use it.
