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Re: Stock finishing questions
Reply #15 - Feb 28th, 2021 at 3:16pm
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Oil finish is fine for a hunting rifle that gets a lot of rough use. I'm always thinking safe queens and fancy target rifle stuff.
  
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Reply #16 - Feb 28th, 2021 at 4:30pm
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I just don't like plastic on my wood.  Polyurethane and urethane are made for roller skate wheels and plastic food bags.  Not on my wood.  If I forget and leave a gun out in the rain or drop it in a lake, it's the metal I worry about, not wood, which as we know, lives in a forest getting rained on. Hyperbole?  Yes.  But true.
  
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Reply #17 - Feb 28th, 2021 at 5:00pm
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An important quality of any wood-finishing material is refractive index.  The refractive index of the finish should approach the refractive index of the cellulose, so as to get that enticing 3-D effect in the grain of the wood.  "Plastic" finishes can be nice and shiny, but still look "flat", as if the grain figure was just painted onto the wood.

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Reply #18 - Feb 28th, 2021 at 6:00pm
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If anyone is interested, the original finish for Parker shotguns is still available. It is Zinssner Bulls Eye Amber Shellac.
  
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Re: Stock finishing questions
Reply #19 - Feb 28th, 2021 at 7:58pm
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RDBallard wrote on Feb 28th, 2021 at 3:36pm:
westerner wrote on Feb 27th, 2021 at 9:24pm:
I like True Oil or Varnish. Heavy dark spar varnish. I use a little japan dryer to speed up drying. And I like my finish smooth glossy and highly polished. Final rub is rotten stone and axle grease.  

Stocks with a dull finish look like cheap Chinese furniture.  Why be modest, let it hang right out there and shine!   Smiley


What kind of heavy dark spar varnish are you using?


I used to use Carver Trip. Been using Man O War lately. I don't think it matters what brand.   
  
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