Here is a display I started 10 years back but never finished. It consits of M14 stubies of stocks damaged beyound use. To be mounted on a birch wood plank treated with PT wood oil.
Well I tried but it is waste of time, the way I applied the birch tar on the stocks it seem's it made no difference between the pine tar & the birch.
Here are the results I cannot tell the difference between the 2.
Here are 1 picture that shows the stock used in testing different way's
of applying pine tar or birch oil's.
Some stocks will be treated with a different mix of birch oil with raw linseed & turpentine later.
Most oil finishes are dead fake synthetic oils other than tung oil.
With no saving grace except for indoor furniture, that has complete protection from the elements
The chemistry make up of wood oils is what wood needs, a true preservative.
On most woods it acts like a fountain of youth...
An ode to birch tar oil.
http://www.herballegacy.com/Birch_History.html
This is one interesting history of a tree that we owe so much for, as well for our other species of trees
Here is a hard post discussing pine tar & the near ruination of a beautiful model 39 stock.
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?411257-TIFU-gently-removed-cosmoline-from-my-stock-Went-from-gorgeous-to-driftwood
Here are some recent pictures of a L1A1 coachwood stock that was cleaned of oil in naphtha 8 years back & then dip in straight pine tar number #773.
With nothing else added.
I used to rust blue as youngster, no patience any more for the amount of work involved. And that is the short & long of rust blue.
It is hard work polishing the steel for it to look right, without the polishing you do not have the deep depth of blue that makes it standout like a fine double...
To owners of the Aussie L1A1 inch version of the FAL.
Over the years I have read of the creosote smell related to coachwood stocks.
But could never figure it out.
Happy with the results of pine tar on coachwood butt stocks without the creosote smell. I mean they looked arsenal new, with...
Here is a new subject to study a bit it is birch wood oil, being called essential oil.
http://www.bulkapothecary.com/product/e ... ntial-oil/
Availble in bulk now for large amounts a lot cheaper than in the past.
The availability is fairly new, it has been hard to find in the past. And...
I have been sent a sample of S A army oil from Finland brought to Colorado by a mutual Finn collector to use & to possible copy the oil somehow.
The maker of the stock oil considers it a trade secret.
The first impression I got was it is black & has the strong smell of linseed oil.
The...
Calculate the prices of real pine tar compared to the listed prices below for the snake oil.
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I used the heck out of it on small engines, & lawn mowers. Its good stuff but please use it in well ventlated areas. It has some bad stuff in it.
A bit more than some posters here said about it.
Try on your starter pully on chain saws, trimmers ,edgers it makes it so much better. Engine...
Here is another copier of pine tar lying old skunk.
You talk about a smokescreen he has put one up.
The answer to long term storage according to kramer Oyl products. Oh Yes http://kramerize.com/using_on_wood.htm Take a long look at the snake oil he is using...
Well you talk about something great long enough, someone is always around to do something about it.
But a bit high for 8 1/2 ozs from Plainview NY its on Long Island.
https://www.furnitureclinic.com/Wood_Oil.php
You have Sledgehammer gunsmith in Jacksonville Texas, I have no clue on how to get a hold of him.
There used to be one in Mesquite Texas, no name I can give you.
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