I Got a new shotgun and didn=E2=80=99t like the finish on it. Pretty cheap =
gun and it looked very plasticky. I sanded it all off and just used boiled =
linseed oil, it=E2=80=99s what I use on all my wood handled tools. The furn=
iture is walnut, or so the manufacture says. The for grip turned an extreme=
ly dark color while the butt stayed light. First i don=E2=80=99t know what =
I did to make such a difference in color and what can I do to darken the bu=
tt stock up that will let me continue to use BLO in the field?
On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 8:45:56 AM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote:
> I Got a new shotgun and didn=E2=80=99t like the finish on it. Pretty chea=
p gun and it looked very plasticky. I sanded it all off and just used boile=
d linseed oil...
I like linseed oil for appearance, but for a good grip, I'd put some shella=
c over it. In fact,
I've been doing that every few years to shovel and rake handles, it doesn't=
last decades
but it IS a fine way to keep the woody parts maintained.
On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:45:53 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
>I Got a new shotgun and didnt like the finish on it. Pretty cheap gun and it looked very plasticky. I sanded it all off and just used boiled linseed oil, its what I use on all my wood handled tools. The furniture is walnut, or so the manufacture says. The for grip turned an extremely dark color while the butt stayed light. First i dont know what I did to make such a difference in color and what can I do to darken the butt stock up that will let me continue to use BLO in the field?
Stain the wood first. IF it was all walnut part of it was sapwood
and the other part heartwood. By staing first with an oil based stain
you can make the 2 parts match before oiling??