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Slavia · Moderator

I just used some of this on a gunstock, and it is good stuff. The best part is the "any angle" valve. The finish comes out in a fog, much like you would see exiting a room humidifier. You would have to be trying to get it to run:

Ten coats of Birchwood Casey Tru Oil, three of this poly, and two coats of paste wax:

robert w · Senior Member

I was looking for a different way to finish gun stocks . I have a stoeger x5 that shows some nice grain , but the china woodworker didn't do a good job . that would be a nice place to try it. where did you get it ? lowes,home depot,walmart? looks great from what I see in that photo

Slavia · Moderator

rsterne · Moderator

I use Watco Danish Oil on my stocks, and I thought I would try your suggestion of wet sanding across the grain and allowing that coat to dry to fill the grain and then sanding it off later.... I kept sanding until the oil was getting sticky and then left it dry 48 hours (it wasn't really dry after 24) and when I tried sanding it, it gummed up the sandpaper (I tried 320, 400, and 220).... I eventually used a purple 3M Scotchbrite pad (320 equivalent) across the grain to remove the oil and leave the pores filled.... I had to work across the grain, sanding with the grain removed the filler (somewhat) from the pores....

While I'm reasonably satisfied with the finish at this point, I still have several coats of oil to apply and wet sand with 400 and then 600 as I usually do.... I just wanted to let you know that the Watco Oil doesn't work very well as a filler, it doesn't want to harden.... Normal application is to wipe it completely dry before allowing it to harden overnight between coats, and now I can see why.... It doesn't take kindly to sitting on the surface....

Bob

Slavia · Moderator

Tru Oil is an oil finish in that it penetrates as a liquid and then polymerizes in place with oxygen. (As opposed to having a vehicle evaporate, leaving a suspended or dissolved resin behind). I have read that it is treated with heat somehow to accelerate the drying time. I have used tung oil and boiled linseed oil, and the Tru Oil is definitely faster. The other oil finishes are beautiful, but it takes a long time to get beyond the "gummy mess" stage.

I used the Tru Oil for depth, sealing, and filling. The polyurethane went on top for durability. I imagine you would have to wait quite a while for the other oil finishes to fully cure before applying poly. Otherwise, the poly would seal off the oxygen supply and the oil underneath never would fully polymerize.