When I was digging out my alkanet root stain and
Original Oil Finish and
Tru-Oil to refinish the stock on my new muzzle loader I found a full bottle of Birch Wood Casey-Plum Brown-Barrel Finish that I bought for an earlier project but never used.
I have some questions:
1. Is it any good?
2. Assuming its good, the directions say to heat the barrels to 275* F. The best I can figure is that the solder used on the barrels has a minimum 370* F melting point for 60/40 solder (but it could be as high as 621.5* F for pure lead), giving me at least a 95* F safety margin. BC recommends heating the barrels in an oven, unfortunately they dont fit in my little RV oven and at over 30 I doubt that theyd fit in most normal sized ovens. What have others done? I hesitate to use a torch and risk causing localized hotspots.
Just asking these questions is making me realize why I didnt use the stuff earlier. I'm afraid I have two major sins I deal with, sloth and gluttony. My inner sloth is starting to get upset, I should go get something to eat!
Steve
