Thread: Stock "bleeding" oil

Keep wiping, if you seal it with varnish it will either push the varnish off or turn it into sticky goo.
To speed up drawing the surplus oil out go outside and wipe the stock over with a rag soaked in petrol or lacquer thinners. Repeat this every few days.
In my opinion linseed oil is a crap finish for a stock, it never really dries isn't waterproof, and waterspots readily, boiled oil is better just enough to coat the timber but not leave a gloss. True oil etc are boiled tung oil varnishes similar to old style marine varnish and pretty good. However it's no good putting thus over linseed oil it will just push it off.