It's probably a "how long is a piece of string" question, but, if an old walnut stock and fore end have been cleaned of old finish/soaked in gun oil, how long would you expect it to take to give a good sealed finish ?
I've never counted the days on the ones I've done up to now but the question has been asked and I'm stumped if I could give an accurate(ish) answer.
I've usually used off the shelf products that are available here in blighty and have settled on the "trade secret" brand which comes as 3 bottles in a box. There's alkanet oil, a stock oil called "rapid oil" and another bottle called "T35 oil" which is used to accelerate the drying. I don't normally use the latter as I've not really seen the benefit.
I've used walnut oil preparation on a few as well and had no problems with the outcome.
Obviously, some wood soaks it up quicker than others and grain filling can take a bit of time before the proper oiling and hand buffing starts so what kind of timescale would you say it would take from clean, flat and bare wood to nice finish ?
Any input and answers will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick.
