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So I have been running around the paint stores and hardware stores today, looking for the good stuff to mix the forum favorite.

Absolutely no one has turpentine or linseed oil!!! Hmm. Progress with the polyurethanes I suppose.

So, knowing I had a stash from days of yore, a search on my shop shelves produced a quart of boiled linseed oil and a quart of gum turpentine. I wanted to start with fresh, but the old stock will have to do.

I was wondering what Venice Turpentine is, so a google search tells me it is turpentine made from the Western Larch tree.

All this tells me we must stock up on the old stuff before it goes the way of the Unicorn.

Thanks to all of you gents for posting the ingredients for the classic finishes!

Hi,

I like your stock duplicator. I want to start refinishing some stocks in the near future. At my local Home Depot, I've seen both
boiled and raw linseed oil. I've heard that Venice turpentine can
be obtained at horse supply places. It is used on the hoofs of horses. I hope to try some of the stock refinishing recipes in
Clyde Baker's book "Modern Gunsmithing". He talks about using
"oil soluble red" or "alcanet root" as well. There was a recent
discussion about "alcanet root" on the shotgun board.

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...e=0&fpart=1

We look forward to seeing your work. All the best

I will be at Home Depot this weekend, it is 20 miles down the road. Thanks for the tip on horse suppliers, I will be driving by the Horse Tack shop in about 30 minutes.

I have most of the old books (Baker, Howe, etc,) lots of formulas in them.

I will post some more duplicator photos today after my errand run into town.

As you will see in my last post to the duplicator thread, my intent is in reproducing some of the better classic stocks. Lots of good stock design photos in Michael Petrov's book.

Let me know if you are able to get Venice Turpentine at your local tack shop. I, too, am inspired by Michael Petrov's book. I bought a couple of sporter stocks from gunstocks.com when they had their fire-damaged sale and am learning about inletting, fitting forend tips, and buttplates, and hopefully soon, I will have my first stock to the point where I can start finishing it. I've got a long way to go.

You might also try a full service art store for Venice turpentine.