Originally Posted by
J. Scott Holmes
Hi Mike,
Welcome to the Creek.
As for the stock being very difficult to refinish; it may be the wood, not the sealer they used that is causing the blotchiness. Do you know the type of wood used on the gun?
I also wanted to let you know that Formby's Tung Oil is an alkyd resin/soya oil varnish thinned 80% with mineral spirits (MS) to make an incredilbly thin bodied, and very expensive wiping varnish. The only "Tung Oil" is on the label, there is exactly NONE in the can...
You can make 5 times as much for the same money by using a quality varnish, say Pratt & Lambert #38 (another alkyd resin/soya oil varnish) and your own MS and you don't need to thin it 80%; 50% is plenty.