Alright, I learned that "Google Photos links are dynamic and may be changed at any time" so here are the images again, this time hosted by SnapagogoThank you Struckat on the compliment! The stock had a thin dusty finish when I received it, just as they used to come from the factory. One of my lockdown hobby lines was making my own hardwax oil and giving my rifle stocks some love. This one got about 6 coats over a month and now has a nice satin sheen.Rifle back homeHow it shot before at 10 metersand how it shoots now at 10 meters
Yogi, I don't think I can post a direct web link, but if you google "Diggory Hadoke make your own stock oil" you should get an article with the oil recipes and photos of English side-by-sides. For this R1 it couldn't have been easier. I left the [assumed] polyurethane finish from the 80's on the stock and did zero prep work. I just dipped a finger or two in the oil, gave the stock a rubdown outside of the checkering, wiped off with a paper towel or T-shirt scrap, let sit a couple days to cure, and repeated. A perfect project for me - you can't mess up! The oil takes many applications to build up, but it happens and creates a lovely deep glow.
Yogi: on checkering that has already been finished, no additional finish needed. On raw checkering, one light application of linseed oil or hardwax oil, blotted dry works well. Otherwise the checkering gets too glorpy and loses its grip and definition. I think Midway USA sells sealer just for checkering, which I'd guess is boiled linseed oil cut with thinner.
Quote from: Obankenobi on June 01, 2021, 08:26:35 PMYogi: on checkering that has already been finished, no additional finish needed. On raw checkering, one light application of linseed oil or hardwax oil, blotted dry works well. Otherwise the checkering gets too glorpy and loses its grip and definition. I think Midway USA sells sealer just for checkering, which I'd guess is boiled linseed oil cut with thinner.WHICH ..... you can make yourself my mixing @ 80% BLO & 20% Turpentine by volume.For what your doing it will take very little of either. An insulin syringe at @ ratio into a thimble size cup will be more than enough.