Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
The Basics, Starting Out
Oil Finish?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Waltech Jim" data-source="post: 105918" data-attributes="member: 3214"><p>lv2hunt,</p><p></p><p>If you have a certain "outcome" in mind, a way that you want the stock finish to look, I would really try to examine someones work before deciding on them. </p><p></p><p>A "hand rubbed oil finish" can mean a lot of things. To some it means they rubbed something on the stock at some point in the process.</p><p></p><p>To me the finish you are requesting requires a "mud" be created with sandpaper and oil and then used to fill the grain. The stock will often require several (or more) treatments. Drying time for each of these coats can vary from a week to a month. If the stock is rushed through this process, the mud that is used to fill the grain will eventually shrink and some of the grain will be showing after a year or so. The key to a good finish is to go AS SLOW as possible. This means your stock may be off the gun for at least 6 months. </p><p></p><p>There are other alternatives for filling the grain that many stock makers use. Others do not fill the grain at all. In both cases they can call their products "hand rubbed". </p><p></p><p>I have no problems with what ever they want to call it. I just don't want you to be disappointed by not having some background information. And if I am "preaching to the choir" please forgive me.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Waltech Jim, post: 105918, member: 3214"] lv2hunt, If you have a certain "outcome" in mind, a way that you want the stock finish to look, I would really try to examine someones work before deciding on them. A "hand rubbed oil finish" can mean a lot of things. To some it means they rubbed something on the stock at some point in the process. To me the finish you are requesting requires a "mud" be created with sandpaper and oil and then used to fill the grain. The stock will often require several (or more) treatments. Drying time for each of these coats can vary from a week to a month. If the stock is rushed through this process, the mud that is used to fill the grain will eventually shrink and some of the grain will be showing after a year or so. The key to a good finish is to go AS SLOW as possible. This means your stock may be off the gun for at least 6 months. There are other alternatives for filling the grain that many stock makers use. Others do not fill the grain at all. In both cases they can call their products "hand rubbed". I have no problems with what ever they want to call it. I just don't want you to be disappointed by not having some background information. And if I am "preaching to the choir" please forgive me. Jim [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
The Basics, Starting Out
Oil Finish?
Top