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I am looking for something with low toxicity that I don't have to wear
gloves to apply or applies well with just a brush, something that can
be fixed if something does happen like I can sand it back down and re
do it without adverse affects, I mainly use linseed oil and I believe
its Dutch oil? or a mix of linseed other things to add pigment/color to
the linseed, but I want a finish to go over my color that will give it
that wet hight gloss or semi gloss look.

Warning labels tend to turn me off to products. It will be used for
finishing custom made pistol grips and gunstocks so needs to be able to
take handling type wear and continue to look good.

I don't mind using my hands or a rag to apply I would just rather not
read a warning label that says if I do I'm going to lose my sight in x
amount of time and so forth, i.e. formbies which my father has used to
hand finish furniture for years untill all the sudden it has a warning
label....

Anyhow thanks for all your replies, having a heck of a time finding
something on my own.


For gunstocks and grips a mix of BLO (boiled linseed oil) thinned with
turpentine seems to be the favorite and one used by a close friend and avid
gun collector/gunsmith. This polished with a good paste wax will hold up
under most any circumstance.

Dave

I have done this but havent found a wax that really does the job yet
for getting a nice gloss finish, I got it to a dull gloss on one
shotgun I did a while back but I think it was more the 20x coats of
thinned boiled linseed than the liquid wax I went over it with. Actualy
I think thats still one of my favorite stocks just because its so blond
not many guns look good with really blond stocks but that one does.