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I've never cut RLO with turps or done any of that. I use a nice sunny day out back to warm up the cleaned woodwork and apply it straight up with a sponge paint brush. Let it soak in a bit and rub it out gently in light circular motions with 0000 steel wool while wet. Wipe off the excess with a blue paper shop towel and take a toothbrush to make sure there is no excessive buildup in the insetting and bearings. Let sit overnight and continue the process as many times as you want until the wood stops taking it in. It's really simple, non toxic and they turn out perfect every time.
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I use Crown brand raw
linseed oil
and buy it in gallon cans. Lowe’s and Ace Hardware usually have it. If they don’t, ask them to order it. Simple.
So all I could find was Crown boiled linseed oil... I assume it has to be raw linseed oil even if it’s Crown?
Or flaxseed oil?
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I shall give that a go Brian as I need to do 3 of my safe queens thanks for the share, I was only running off what an old WWII armourer told me.
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Originally Posted by
amadeus76
So all I could find was Crown boiled
linseed oil... I assume it has to be raw
linseed oil even if it’s Crown?
Or flaxseed oil?
You can get RAW Linseed Oil from Wal-mart; order it online, its free shipping or have it shipped to your local store, https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sunnyside...d-Oil/38755119
or True Value Hardware stores. You can also get it at places like BLICKS that sell art and oil painting supplies.
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Think I'll give the creosote a wide berth having applied it to the bottom of Red gum & Jarrah strainer posts in the days when OHS did not exist well not for a farmhand they didn't.....
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Think I'll give the creosote a wide berth having applied it to the bottom of Red gum & Jarrah strainer posts in the days when OHS did not exist well not for a farmhand they didn't.....
I remember the smell of creosote well from when I was a youngster, with it being used on the bottom of our new fence posts. I don't seem to recall any bugs bothering me then....
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Raw linseed oil is used as a laxative for cows. Look in a dairy farm supply shop. Or look in Home Depot.
The stuff doesn't dry well when used on wood either. Takes much longer, usually 3 days vs 24 hours to dry.
"...Horrible on a military rifle..." Aside from being relatively cheap, BLO drying to a varnish like finish was the idea.
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Originally Posted by
Sunray
Takes much longer, usually 3 days vs 24 hours to dry.
"...Horrible on a military rifle..." Aside from being relatively cheap,
BLO drying to a varnish like finish was the idea.
That is only true if you slosh the stuff on, if applied correctly it activates and drys in a day and ready for the next coat. Seem people have no patience and try and rush things. Most vintage military arms used RLO
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Originally Posted by
Sunray
Raw
linseed oil is used as a laxative for cows. Look in a dairy farm supply shop. Or look in Home Depot.
The stuff doesn't dry well when used on wood either. Takes much longer, usually 3 days vs 24 hours to dry.
"...Horrible on a military rifle..." Aside from being relatively cheap,
BLO drying to a varnish like finish was the idea.
Sunray I stand by my comment, I can't abide a varnished type finish on a Milsurp, RLO avoids this issue....
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