Of all of the many bottles (dozens) I have used, the liquid was yellow/brown to start with
Tru-Oil
Now, I know Tru-Oil is what everybody recommends for stock finishing. And it says on the bottle "ages without yellowing". But I can't help but notice that any drips that ran down the outside of the bottle, over the pure white label, are pee yellow. So is it really clear, or does it yellow?
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Wimbledon champion and Palma armorer, JK Cloward uses Permalyn.
Like most oil based finishes Truoil has an amber cast to it and there isn't much way around that. When you put any finish on a wood it will bring out the true color of the wood plus add a bit of color from the finish also. Try this- put some water on a stock and observe the color of the wood, then put a drop or two of truoil on the same wood and rub it in. I think you'll see the color is very close to the same on most woods.
I did an experiment on a stock I finished last year. I had a piece of fiddleback maple that I wanted to come out as light as possible . I sealed the stock with water based Polyurethane several coats and let it dry. I would have stopped there as it came out very light, but I could never get the finish I wanted so I sanded it down and put several coats of Truoil over the Polyurethane and it remained very light. I will try to post a picture of this stock so you can see how it looks and decide for yourself if this is what you are looking for or you want a more traditional amber hue.
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And here is a stock I did for a friend of mine for a Kimber 84 223 with wood from the same tree using only Truoil
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I did an experiment on a stock I finished last year. I had a piece of fiddleback maple that I wanted to come out as light as possible . I sealed the stock with water based Polyurethane several coats and let it dry. I would have stopped there as it came out very light, but I could never get the finish I wanted so I sanded it down and put several coats of Truoil over the Polyurethane and it remained very light. I will try to post a picture of this stock so you can see how it looks and decide for yourself if this is what you are looking for or you want a more traditional amber hue.
And here is a stock I did for a friend of mine for a Kimber 84 223 with wood from the same tree using only Truoil
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Bought this in 1994 and last year I sanded and tru oiled it. It was the standard uglyish birch model.
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BobSc
I'll vote for stock #2, lovely piece of wood and that finish makes it pop
I'll vote for stock #2, lovely piece of wood and that finish makes it pop
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