Thread: Redone a stock

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Then I put the boiled linseed over the stain still got a few coats to do but so far been close to 5 hours



I'm happy with it so far

Very nice so far mate


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Lookin' good.

Noice

The front's not meant to dip down like that but I buggered it up a bit. I should of spent more time sanding

Nice stuff mate coming up a real bute.

Good work.

Sand along the grain direction, and work up thru the grits. 1st grit is most important, rest is just refinement.

Also, do some google/YouTube searches for card scraper, it is what they used before sandpaper.

I got the motivation from larry potterfield haha. to rub the stain in I used 240 sand paper, he explains it in his vid. I have been coating the boiled linseed oil on with a rag

Polish with your bare hand till it burns(rub hard till it dries) then another coat.
But lookin good

I sat mine in the car on a sunny day while i was at work....
come home and the stock was nice and hot. rubbed in by hand and now it shines. Its been a year or intermittent coats but its nicely coloured and shiney now

Just in case you dont know Toby, and this is NOT bullshit. DO NOT put used oiled rags into a binliner or the like. Let them dry out before you bin them. Linseed oil has the ability to self combust if it heats in confined space. My bro in UK found out the hard way when his van went up in flames overnight
Stock is looking good mate, well done.

From wikepedia
Spontaneous combustion[edit]Rags soaked with linseed oil stored in a pile are considered a fire hazard because they provide a large surface area for oxidation of the oil, and the oil oxidizes quickly. The oxidation of linseed oil is an exothermic reaction, which accelerates as the temperature of the rags increases. When heat accumulation exceeds the rate of heat dissipation into the environment, the temperature increases and may eventually become hot enough to make the rags spontaneously combust.[33]

In 1991, One Meridian Plaza, a high rise in Philadelphia was severely damaged and three firefighters perished in a fire caused by linseed oil-soaked rags.[34] In 2011, a garage in Sacramento also caught fire due to the spontaneous combustion of linseed oil-soaked rags.[35]

Im not falling for that one Pengy

Dont cry on here when your shed burns down

Just pulling ya tit old fella. I have seen the warning on the bottle haha

Yeah yeah yeah...in other words you just googled it and found out this old barstool was telling the truth