New Member & Tru-Oil

[RonRon]

I have been lurking and learning. Finally decided to jump in here and make myself known. This is an absolutly fantastic site to learn the finer points of bulding. I'm not exactly a newbie to the craft [ I have built several rifles over the years ] but nothing of the quality I have seen on here. Maybe if I study hard and listen, someday I
can call myself a builder. I have read on here the attributes of Tru-Oil and how fast it dries. I beg to differ. I am rebuilding a Pennsylvania
rifle that I built some years ago. I finished to
the point of applying the Tru-Oil. I have worked with Tru-Oil before and am a fan. I but I found out quick that it will not dry completly in Middle Georgia when the air temp is 97 and the humatemp is 106. I don't have air condition in my shop so I have to bring it in the house after each coat get it to dry. But this is brown your barrel heaven. You can apply you chosen browning solution and sit back and watch it rust.

 

[rabjr]

Some people help rusting parts a long by building a sweat box, which consists of a box big enough to hold your barrel and parts and a bowl of water and and a lamp to generate heat.

You could make such a box to hold your stock and use a heatgun or hair dryer to blow warm air into the box which should speed up drying time of your finish.

And welcome to the forum. :thumbsup:

 

[Birddog6]

Put about 20 drops of Tru-Oil in a old jar lid, add 4-5 drops of Japan Dryer to it & it will make the finish dry.

And you also may be putting it on too thick. barely wet the tip of your index finger, work in a 3" x 3" area til dry, repeat on next area.

Keith Lisle