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18 coats of linseed oil rubbed in over 21 days


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8 hours ago, Texas Lizard said:

Nice job...Will you shoot faster or just look better doing it???

 

Texas Lizard

 

And I am not fast.......

Shoot yeah, everybody knows shiny guns shoot faster! B)

 

Kajun

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2 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Nicely done.

Please confirm you used no stain to color the stock. 

OLG 

 

Yes walnut stain diluted down with alcohol. Each coat of linseed oil made the stock and forend richer coloured. They were put in the sun (hot and high UV's) and turned every hour.

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59 minutes ago, Dusty Devil Dale said:

Very nice.  A good butt wrap will help protect that shiny finish from LT, ULT, and restaging table debris.  But with linseed oil, repair is also pretty easy.   Nice job.  

 

I have a really nice leather butt wrap, just want to wait another week or so before I put it back on.

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Some judicious steaming can “heal” many of the dings on stock and fore end finished with good oil!

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I've done 30 or 40 stocks with linseed oil. I like to dilute the first few coats with thinner so it penetrates easier. I also like a satin finish instead of the "shine". I use powdered pumice and light mineral oil rubbed to give the stock a satin, less glossy finish.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Put the leather butt cover on.

Please excuse the dust on the old Cutler roll top desk (Buffalo NY) that showed up in the pics :(  my grandfather, he bought this desk in 1899, been in the family for 122 years I still have the old receipt buried away somewhere.

 

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We need a wolf whistle emoji for that!

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52 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

You did great:excl:

OLG 

Thanks OLG :)

3 minutes ago, watab kid said:

it turned out very nice , i like to preserve the character on mine as they earned it honestly 

 

Thanks Watab, appreciated mate.

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