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So my friend showed me his Merkel 47E after he’d been hunting in the rain. He has had the gun since around 1990. Anyway the stock is showing some flat/faded/dry spots after a long exposure to drizzle.
what would you put on the wood to bring back its finish? BLO?
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There are numerous excellent oil finish products that could be used to do that. Timberluxe or a homemade mixture of 50% water-based spar varnish and 50% Tung oil ( the old Phil Pilkington product) come to mind. I would caution him to wait some time until there is no doubt all the added moisture from the rain has dissipated from the wood before applying anything.
Next time, suggest that he use preventative measures rather than corrective ones. A couple good coats of paste wax over the whole gun, wood and metal, goes long way toward protection from rain.
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There are so many. Touch up - Tung Oil Finish by mini wax. Wiping varnish blend. Antique oil finish by mw is also good.
Waterlox is on many of my guns. Great product.
Blo would work if you see bare wood. It needs it to polymerize faster. Light sanding 800 1000 etc
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Thank you both for the help!
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Old West Snake Oil or Howards FEED N WAX.
They are not wood finishes. They are finish rejuvenators.
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Last edited by Bob Jurewicz; 11/12/24 09:43 AM.
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I once owned a Merkel 47E of that era, a GSI import.
As I remember, the finish was linseed oil or a linseed oil based product.
I would caution to not put a varnish topcoat over linseed oil.
Either strip that crap off first, or just use linseed like I did with mine.
Beware that linseed takes a good long time to dry, if it ever really does.
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First is knowing what finish is currently on the gun before recommending something.
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First is knowing what finish is currently on the gun before recommending something. In this case, it's a known. The original finish is a varnish made of a polymerized linseed oil like TruOil. Timberluxe No. 2 will work well with that. JR
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Whenever I get asked this question, my answer is to use Danish Oil applied very sparingly with a cloth dries fast in my experience idiot proof. A Good quality Danish Oil has all the right ingredients in the correct amounts to provide a good standard of finish My personal choice is Lieberon if it is available on your side of the pond
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