Mike, do you mean that you are using Daily's on guns as well? Granting that it gives a super durable finish, I would have thought a boat finish would not give a finish comparable in appearance to an oil finish. (Edit: I see that you added that you do use it on stocks. Is it your primary finish of choice?)
Your point about making your own finish seems mostly reasonable. My point is that the same argument could be made for Daily's, or just about any other finish: Figure out the ingredients and make your own, and you'll undoubtedly saved some money. At Large volumes, it could be quite a lot of money.
You might say, yes, but it's a real hassle to sort out what the ingredients are exactly, then to get the ingredients in the appropriate form, then to figure out just how to mix them, etc. And it's not worth $15 saved, when I can just go online and order it for $20/qt.
So granting that not everyone wants to make everything from scratch, I still say that $30 is a drop in the bucket when refinishing a fine gun. It's less than the FFL fee to have the gun shipped to a gunsmith.
All that said, I made my own slakum oil and very much enjoy the process. So for me, if Timberluxe is good stuff, I would definitely be inclined to give a go at replicating and then modifying the formula to suit me. It's more enjoyable to me than just buying the bottle off the shelf. But I wouldn't fault someone for skipping that step if they had more money than time and interest.
Last edited by Woodreaux; 12/28/19 12:43 AM.
