The original pine tar finish

[DeanDallas]

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 expensive to import.
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Some think it is the oil used in the Finn made rifle stock oil with other unknown ingredients like linseed oil, turpentine & naphtha.

It is a lessor grade of oil compared to pine tar & expensive. It has the wood smoke smell so familiar with the Finn finish.
With the dark brown-orange color known in birch oil..

 

[DeanDallas]

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 no real urge to push this idea, I discover this.

Some pine tar products contain creosote, a probable carcinogen. This depends on whether they were produced in an open or closed kiln.
This tiny bit of info leads me to believe Lithgow used a form of pine tar on their stocks to help in wood preservation.

This gives you a real original way of spiffying up your Lithgow products

 

[DeanDallas]

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.

 

[DeanDallas]

Here is a hard post discussing pine tar & the near ruination of a beautiful model 39 stock.
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...from-my-stock-Went-from-gorgeous-to-driftwood

 

[DeanDallas]

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

 

[DeanDallas]

A new source of birch tar oil from the Russian Federation, and they have good feedback.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Birch-tar-o...7dd9c0e&pid=100033&rk=1&rkt=4&sd=131596412343
I am nearing four weeks without delivery yet , but I am sweating.

 

[DeanDallas]

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.

 

[DeanDallas]

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.

 

[DeanDallas]

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.

 

[DeanDallas]

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