Thread: wooden stock refinishing

Originally Posted by GWH

My old man is currently refinishing the classic Rem Model 7 i got for him a few months ago, the factory polyurethane finish was near mint, but theres only one way to have a wooden stock rifle apparently, and thats oiled. Dad is a good old school boy, and has done plenty of stock making and refinishing, modifying stocks for people etc, so he'll do a mint job, im looking forward to seeing it finished.

Ive just spoken to Dad, and he uses a recipe of boiled linseed oil (about 2/3's) with 1/3 of turps added with a dash of terrapin?(not sure of spelling, but its a drying agent). It has to be boiled up before each time its applied, and it sounds like he does lots of coats, and it takes some time, but the finish is awesome, he said Tru-oil is a cheats short cut way ;-)