Tru oil gloss finish..mods we need to sticky this one..

[icehunter121]

K so I have been refinishing stocks for just about 30 years now and have played with all types of oil right up to automotive clear coat. I have 22 years in the automotive trade as a painter and believe me if it exists I have probably worked with it. So lets work with tru-oil for now...

So you have taken your favourite stock,stripped it down and want to do a tru-oil finish on it. Sanded with the grain of course to at least 600 grit you have a couple of alternatives for the stain...water base which birch wood casey has,walnut tone gunstock filler also by B.C. or you went to the local hard ware store and picked up a oil base stain say like...flecto verathane.

If you are using a water based stain when it dries and you run your hand over the stock you will feel whiskers raised,its the water swelling the wood fibres so just take a piece of 0000 steel wool and gently rub with the grain and get rid of them.If you are using B.C filler it should be applied with the grain using a piece of burlap across the grain as you want the filler to enter and seal the grain then take a soft cotton cloth and rub with the grain to try and force the stain and filler into the grain. If you are using a oil base stain just stain it,watch for runs,smoothen them out and dispose ( the oil soaked rags ) of either in the toilet or out the back door soaked in water to prevent combustion..

I am gonna post this this then go onto the next stages as I dont know how much i can type in here with out problems..

 

[Wildfoot]

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[icehunter121]

Part two..

So now you have the stock stained as you desired and want to continue...please note that this is for tru-oil finishs and not tung oil..

apply at least 5 coats of tru-oil with a 24 hour drying time between coats...might look like #### right now but dont worry about it.When you use tru-oil take the cap off the container,fill it up and use your middle index finger...yes your fuk you finger to apply it. Gently dip it in and rub on the stock till you feel it start to pull then pick out another adjoining piece of stock and do the same thing till you have covered the whole stock. Do this at least 5 times and watch the grain get filled.

Now we have between 5 and 10 coats on so its time for some more sanding.

Grab a foam backed block from the local hard ware store and discard the steel so called handle...wrap a piece of 600 grit paper around it and sand with the length of the stock. Try to smoothen out the stock as much as possible but dont get carried away and cut through the oil and stain and down to bare wood...For tight corners or inside grooves use your fingers as they will fit the contours of the stock way better then a block will.......Page 3 now...

 

[icehunter121]

Page 3 continued..

So now that you have the hang of it and feel that the grain is filled use the sanding block again and when you are done look at the stock in really good light...by this time it should be really straight,the grain is filled now you have to decide on a high gloss finish or do you want the sheen of the wood to come out??

For a high gloss finish....resand with at least 600 grit and let dry for 48 hours...then reapply 2 coats of tru -oil basically back to back,let dry for another 48 hours and rub it down with a good wax then polish it out. Hand polishing is all we need here so its kinda a wax on wax off thing. If you have some dust or hair in the finish b4 you do the wax thing dont worry about it,just scuff it down and reapply the tru -oil then wax after..

 

[icehunter121]

Page 4...for any one wanting a semi gloss/sheen finish...

K so now we are happy that the grain is filled but we dont want a real high gloss finish....

Sand the stock down with 1000 grit paper then get a bottle of boiled linseed oil...its actually called Linspeed and the only difference is that Linspeed oil has driers added to it...linseed doesnt...

Once the stock is sanded take about a 1 inch square of soft cottom soaked in linspeed and rub with the grain of the stock...do this twice and you wil have a very nice sheen but with no gloss to the wood...