TRU-OIL problem

[Mike D]

Stripped Pedersoli walnut stock and stained it. I let it dry completely , 2 days, and I applied the tru-oil as directed. Looks real good but it didn't dry completely after a day in the sun. Still a little tacky but I lightly steel wool it and apply another light coat and let it dry in the warm weather. Still a little tacky after 2 days of drying. Again I steel wool it and apply another light coat. manure !#% I do it a couple more times but absolutely will not completely dry even after 3 days. I've tried it on windy warm days as well as under the air conditioner. Any ideas? I will call the manufacture & hopefully get some answers. date code 241156..........labrat

It was a hand finished oil stock.... what did you strip? Take the bluing off the barrel, but don't touch the stock.

 

[labrat]

Update......It's been 5 days since the last hand rubbed coat and I am happy to say that it is no longer tacky to the touch. I just left it alone to dry in the warmth of my garage with the shop fan on. The finish looks great and I'm sure happy I don't have to do this all over! Thanks for all the input.........labrat

 

[wiscoaster]

...... The finish looks great and I'm sure happy I don't have to do this all over! Thanks for all the input.........labrat

One more thing before you're really done:

YOU HAVE TO POST PICS!!!

 

[labrat]

OK... This is the best that I can do. I wish I could produce the beautiful wood work that you all have shown me. But this dog is too old for learning new tricks. I tend to take the easy way out now, HA!.......labrat

 

[Old-Duckman]

OK... This is the best that I can do. I wish I could produce the beautiful wood work that you all have shown me. But this dog is too old for learning new tricks. I tend to take the easy way out now, HA!.......labrat

Looks good brother!

 

[wiscoaster]

Really cool brass trim on that beauty!! I like!!

 

[Philip Lebow]

Not to go sideways, but on modern stuff, we sand, whisker , stain, fill, and spray with urethane/oil..
build up finish and rub out..

 

[FlinterNick]

When applying by hand you generally get a rather thin coat. But, as I and others have posted in this thread, a heavy coat or series of coats (there was a post where it was sprayed on then once tacky more coats were sprayed on) can and have been applied. I have never had what you describe as “a maple syrup varnish”.

I like reading how others apply TruOil but from what I have read it appears that lots of people apply it as one would BLO, to the point, with TruOil that technique is not necessary.

As others have also noted, if you have a relatively thin coating (even after several coats) you will very likely rub through the finish in spots should you rub out the finish using rotten stone or whatever.

But whatever works for whoever is fine with me. I have no intention of changing how I use the product.

This is a walnut stock that I finished with TruOil using an airbrush. At times in the finishing process I added an oil based stain to the TruOil. No knocking down of the finish was done on this stock, the non-shiny effect was achieved by adding something to the TruOil for the final coat.
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A lot of guns I’ve refinished that used true oil applied in thick heavy coats and the excess was not wiped off, this resulted in heavy area’s and surface distortions, my reference to the look of maple syrup. People get carried away with using tru-oil when they see it dry so quick. The concept of pushing a thinned oil into the wood grain is not often understood, i call it burnishing some call it boning.