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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2396804" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>At least 2 coats of BLO. BLO isn't a varnish, what it really does is penetrate into the wood. Put it on heavily and sloppily, let it soak in for about 30-45 minutes, then wipe all you can off. Next day do it again. Do this for several more days. Some guys on the CMP forum have a saying "one coat a day for a week". After the first 2 or 3 you will see it start to build up and start looking like a varnish, but it's also down in the wood too. Tung does the same but it just stops building up after a point, because it does totally seal the wood off.</p><p></p><p>One of these days I'm going to figure out (acquire enough patience) how to get that old school oil finish look like are on the fancy (and gorgeous) Holland & Holland stocks. They use who knows how many coats of BLO hand rubbed and sanded between each coat. The wood is just slick as glass, and looks real deep but at the same time doesn't appear to have any finish build up on it at all. It's amazing what those guys do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 2396804, member: 3099"] At least 2 coats of BLO. BLO isn't a varnish, what it really does is penetrate into the wood. Put it on heavily and sloppily, let it soak in for about 30-45 minutes, then wipe all you can off. Next day do it again. Do this for several more days. Some guys on the CMP forum have a saying "one coat a day for a week". After the first 2 or 3 you will see it start to build up and start looking like a varnish, but it's also down in the wood too. Tung does the same but it just stops building up after a point, because it does totally seal the wood off. One of these days I'm going to figure out (acquire enough patience) how to get that old school oil finish look like are on the fancy (and gorgeous) Holland & Holland stocks. They use who knows how many coats of BLO hand rubbed and sanded between each coat. The wood is just slick as glass, and looks real deep but at the same time doesn't appear to have any finish build up on it at all. It's amazing what those guys do. [/QUOTE]
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