Hi there Steve, so turnbulls that did the work on your stock sanded it, prepared and then linseed oiled it? or have you had to sand it lightly before putting the root oil on to colour it?
I used a kit the other day from Kynoch, it came with root oil (most likely raw linseed / alkanet), grain filler wax (bees wax, linseed and rotten stone) and finishing oil (dries in one day so has a touch of resin and driers in or just driers). Nice finish but takes about 4 weeks to do. I found the root oil was not red enough so better to make your own (raw linseed boiled in a small sauce pan with alkinate root flakes bought from internet health store, this takes 10mins not 4 weeks!)
I was talking to a gun maker the other day and he told me how to make up the famous "slakum". He said to boil up some "boiled linseed the dark sort in a sauce pan then add a nob of bees wax stop heating it when it starts to get thick and sticky, add some thinners terps or w spirit and a small amount or "terebene dries" to aid drying. When you apply it use a generous amount and rub it with a flat cork block until it starts to go sticky then just before it sets rub some linseed on with a pad to smooth it all off. Then let it dry and apply more till you get the finish you want. This finish is in the wood and fills the grain.
Steve if you could email the before and after pics that would be great, cheers
Last edited by htpcorsica; 06/06/07 12:05 PM.
