Thread: Stock refinishing - hole filling

A lot of guys put on several coats of Truoil, one on top of the other, and yes it does look like varnish/polyurethane. However if you take it back to the wood with steel wool each time, it just gets better and better and will match any linseed oil job. Allow it to dry fully, and then just use a fine steel wool like you would as if you are sanding it. Halfway through it kinda goes all dull looking, like its not quite dry, go past that until you have a decent semigloss type look. Then repeat it all over again, and again and again. The steel wool doesnt remove all the Truoil, it just takes all the dry surplus off the top and leaves lots of good hard finish right down on the wood where it should be. And then if its too glossy when you finish, you can use their other product, dont recall what its called and it dulls it all down. And if you gark it, its very easy to repair with an extra coat or 2 just on the affected area.