Stock Care

[Billnpatti]

What kind of finish did you use it on? I can't imagine it becomming sticky on a varnish finish such as Tru Oil or Lin-Speed but if you finished your stock with any of the old traditional finishes such as BLO or a bees wax preparation, I can imagine it becoming sticky. It would all depend on the kind of finish you apply it to.

 

[bpd303]

I used it on three different guns, two factory finished, a T/C Hawken and CVA Hawken and a refinished smoothbore, that I used Formby's traditional low gloss Tung oil on. After a couple of months they just felt sticky to me.

 

[Billnpatti]

It sounds like you may have wiped it on and left a coat of the stuff on your stock. If you did that, that may explain why you got a sticky feeling stock. Perhaps over time an excess of the stuff may have been enough to attack the stock finish. :idunno: When I have used it on the panneling, I just wipe it on and rub off all of the excess. I don't leave any more on the wood than I can. I have never had my panneling develop a sticky feeling.

Well, that's my best guess. I want to try it on my gunstocks but I am going to keep your experinece in mind and keep an eye on my gun stocks after I use it. Maybe I'll just do one stock first to test it out.

 

[PowderMonkey]

It sounds like you may have wiped it on and left a coat of the stuff on your stock. If you did that, that may explain why you got a sticky feeling stock. Perhaps over time an excess of the stuff may have been enough to attack the stock finish. :idunno: When I have used it on the panneling, I just wipe it on and rub off all of the excess. I don't leave any more on the wood than I can. I have never had my panneling develop a sticky feeling.

Well, that's my best guess. I want to try it on my gunstocks but I am going to keep your experinece in mind and keep an eye on my gun stocks after I use it. Maybe I'll just do one stock first to test it out.

I did mine over a week ago and do not see any issues on mine. The way i applied it was to spray a clean rag then use the rag on the stock. I did not apply it directly to the stock so i would not have too much of the fluid on it.

That is the recommended way to apply the product "Apply to a lint-free cloth and spread evenly on finished wood surface. Buff dry with a clean cloth to remove any excess"

 

[Col. Batguano]

Has it been humid there? That affects drying time a lot.

 

[PowderMonkey]

Has it been humid there? That affects drying time a lot.

No, pretty dry. Summers here (NorCal) are very dry. But it think if you apply it the way it is recommended there is no buildup of the material on the stock, just enough to do the job.

 

[dikman]

I mixed up a small amount of the "olde" stock finish, using a tablespoon to get equal amounts of (melted) beeswax, boiled linseed oil and pure gum turpentine (I figured they wouldn't have had mineral turps way back when). It cooled to a soft wax. Smells rather nice, I reckon, sort of a faint linseed oil/piney smell .