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I just bought a Browning Gold for duck hunting my question is I would like to protect the checkering I usually use a 50 x50 mixture of linseed oil and minarel spirits. Do you think this will be OK without softening the checkering?
Thank you for your help
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Well, yes and no. Thinning any finish to put in the checkering is a good idea since the checkering holds the finish well anyhow. My experience though with linseed oil is not the greatest. It does not seem to get as hard as many other finishes. I would consider tung oil or Tru-Oil over linseed oil. It is also a minor change, but I like turpentine over mineral spirts as well, but both will work.
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Dave: I like the smell of turpentine better and maybe it's better for us when we get it on our hands (which we of course invariably do) but have yet to discern any difference in the finished product. What is your take on that? thanks
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I use a lot of boiled linseed, turps, beeswax mixture because it's almost instantly renewable (even over bare wood) but too thick to get in the checkering as you then have to clean it out. I like the smell of turps; wife does not.
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Pete, Linseed oil allows more moisture to pass thru than any other protection. Try thinned truoil.
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To Ken's thinnned Tru-oil I'd suggest thinned Pro-Custom Oil applied with a tooth brush, allowed to stand 20-30 minutes then blotted off and allowed to dry. I usually use two coats and call it "good". Dr. BILL
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Pro-Custom Oil is very moisture resistant plus will harden the checkering somewhat. Perfect for sealing checkering.
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Pro-Custom Oil is my choice, I do cut 50/50 with turpentine.
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Gil, it just seems to dry nicer with turpentine. I have both here in my "refinish" box, but I just prefer the turpentine for that reason. If I didn't have it though I would use the mineral spirits.
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Rabbit's got it close to what I use - - which is a 1/3rd mixture of linseed, melted beeswax and turp. Make this up on a little Coleman rigged as a double burner. The stuff is out of early match shooting - at least, that's one story I've heard. When the mixture cools, I store it in a tight-lidded, open-mouthed jar and apply dabs as needed.
I treat all the wood and rub it in. I'll take a an old tooth brush to the checkering and that solves that part of the problem. If you like the scent of turp, well, you're addicted from this time forward.
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