CB, you should not get water on the wood. The process should be done with the barrels and action disassembled from the stock, unless you are planning on redoing the wood. This if you are talking about a rifle. For shotgun barrels it is easy.
I was thinking that to avoid the water method, you could heat the whole rifle leaving it in the inside of a car (weather permitting) until it is hot enough to apply the wax. OTOH if you do no disassemble (in the case of a rifle) you will not be able to coat the whole barrel.
JC
Last edited by JayCee; 11/14/09 11:33 AM.