I would like to know more about this product. If any has experience using this oil I would like to hear your thoughts. Additionally, I would like to know if there is any special method of applying it to get the best finish.
I spoke to Fred Wenig many years ago & he said that he used Linspeed oil for all his oil finish stock work. He used to work for Fajan and then took over the machines to run Wenig gun stocks.
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On advice from a friend, I use it first to seal the stock with several coats until it won't take and then apply seveal caots of Tru-Oil. Worked beautifully. It is thinner and penetrates well but I've never used it exclusively to finish a stock. Probably would take more coats to "build up" than Tru-Oil.
When I was 50 years younger, I earned part of my living doing semi-custom stocks. I much preferred GB-Linspeed toTru-Oil as it penetrated better and didn't seem to want to "cake" the way Tru-oil sometimes does. Of course, I used to use 10 or more coats, sanding or otherwise abrading the finish down between each coat...ends up not shiney, but kinda like polished granite.
(I also liked it because it let the natural colour of the wood show better IMHO.)
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