Pre-War Mosin Nagant Stock Finish

[Singer B]

Along with the research conducted by you and usabaker, my own indicates that many believe "oil" or "boiled oil" was the factory preference before the war. I even found one reference to the wood stocks being roasted at 360 to 400 degrees. I decided to go with the BLO treatment. The stock has been stripped and the 3rd coat went on today. After 7 or 8 coats, we will see how it looks. Each coat is being hand rubbed to generate heat during the application. After each coat has dried, it is rubbed down with 0000 steel wool wiped again with paper towels. I'm hoping it darkens up a little more but it will probably take a few years of oxidation to reach the correct color.

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[usabaker]

"boiled oil" was the factory preference before the war.

The definition of Bold Linseed oil is very loose in the text you will find. Early Boiled Linseed oil refers to the oil being utterly boiledd at temperatures over 400 (465) degrees. This is not true with modern BLO that you purchase in a hardware store. I doubt the BLO that you are using is the one in the text you read because 'driers' (lead, cobalt, manganese salts, etc..) were not introduce until the 1950's, Becareful with that stuff, it can cause really bad stuff to happen to your body.

[Singer B]

The definition of Bold Linseed oil is very loose in the text you will find. Early Boiled Linseed oil refers to the oil being utterly boiledd at temperatures over 400 (465) degrees. This is not true with modern BLO that you purchase in a hardware store. I doubt the BLO that you are using is the one in the text you read because 'driers' (lead, cobalt, manganese salts, etc..) were not introduce until the 1950's, Becareful with that stuff, it can cause really bad stuff to happen to your body.

Definitely! Do the best we can with what we got. Lots of clean up!