VARNISHED STOCK
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DuncaninFrance
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THE FINISHED ITEM
3-4 Coats of a soft wax I made from 100gms of pure beeswax and 250ml of white spirit. Each coat left for 24 hours then polished with a pure cotton cloth.
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Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
Congrats Duncan
Duncan, looks like you put more time in on preserving that rifle than anybody that it was ever issued to in its previous life time ever did. Beeswax and white spirits.....I never would have thought of that. Probably seals that laminated stock pretty well.