Hey,
I just posted this over in the hunting section, but thought that I would post it here as well as it may get a lot more mileage. I have been doing this for some time now and it works very well and is wayyyy too easy to oil a lot of your wood at the same time.
I have found another great use for that food vacuum bagger that is sitting in your pantry or on your kitchen counter. I use it for oiling old milsurp wood stocks and handguards! Mix up some linseed oil 50/50 with pure turpentine to thin it out so it really soaks in and apply it liberally to the wood. Then seal one end of the long bag roll and place wooden stock parts into the bag. Cut the other end extra long so that you can keep re-using it when you cut it open after a few days/week or so. Place a good wad of paper towel just above the stock parts to catch any oil that tries to escape when you vacuum seal it so that it doesn't get into the machine. Then you can place it in a warm spot for as long as you want so the oil can really soak in without risk of it drying on the wood during the extended contact time.
I have actually oil-expanded dryed out wood this way on my M14 walnut stock. The fit between the receiver and stock had become loose and very easy to take apart. After a couple of treatments this way, it was really tight again!!! Not only does thinning out the oil work, but the vacuum pressure forces the oil into the wood without any effort on your part. The best thing about it is if you have a bunch of rolls of the bag material, you can do a whole bunch at the same time without having to worry when you get around to opening all of the bags and wiping the residual oil off as there is minimal air left in the bag to cause any kind of premature drying.
When you get most of the oil off with paper towels after you remove it from the bag, just continue on like normal with a lot of really good rubbing with an old sock or whatever you normally use to buff it in before final air drying and storage. You can also give it a really good buff with pure linseed oil or BLO for the final coat before you let it dry for a while and then store it in the safe.
Cheers,
Ian
I just posted this over in the hunting section, but thought that I would post it here as well as it may get a lot more mileage. I have been doing this for some time now and it works very well and is wayyyy too easy to oil a lot of your wood at the same time.
I have found another great use for that food vacuum bagger that is sitting in your pantry or on your kitchen counter. I use it for oiling old milsurp wood stocks and handguards! Mix up some linseed oil 50/50 with pure turpentine to thin it out so it really soaks in and apply it liberally to the wood. Then seal one end of the long bag roll and place wooden stock parts into the bag. Cut the other end extra long so that you can keep re-using it when you cut it open after a few days/week or so. Place a good wad of paper towel just above the stock parts to catch any oil that tries to escape when you vacuum seal it so that it doesn't get into the machine. Then you can place it in a warm spot for as long as you want so the oil can really soak in without risk of it drying on the wood during the extended contact time.
I have actually oil-expanded dryed out wood this way on my M14 walnut stock. The fit between the receiver and stock had become loose and very easy to take apart. After a couple of treatments this way, it was really tight again!!! Not only does thinning out the oil work, but the vacuum pressure forces the oil into the wood without any effort on your part. The best thing about it is if you have a bunch of rolls of the bag material, you can do a whole bunch at the same time without having to worry when you get around to opening all of the bags and wiping the residual oil off as there is minimal air left in the bag to cause any kind of premature drying.
When you get most of the oil off with paper towels after you remove it from the bag, just continue on like normal with a lot of really good rubbing with an old sock or whatever you normally use to buff it in before final air drying and storage. You can also give it a really good buff with pure linseed oil or BLO for the final coat before you let it dry for a while and then store it in the safe.
Cheers,
Ian
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