I love the smell of BLO in the morning

**Rocket Power** · 06-29-2008, 12:34 PM

I finally got around to cleaning up my 24/47 stock. Cleaned off 60 years of old oil/grime and I think it's pretty decent now. I used Denatured Alcohol/steel wool and paper towels to clean it, and it has one new coat of BLO on it. Has a mirror bore

**MurphysLaw88GT** · 06-29-2008, 09:22 PM

i like it.

**USMARINE1108** · 07-01-2008, 08:42 PM

Looks great!

**Rocket Power** · 07-01-2008, 09:24 PM

Thanks guys !

**USMARINE1108** · 07-02-2008, 11:23 AM

When I did my K98 and M14 stocks, I scrubed them in the bath tub with Dawn dish detergent. Let them dry, and a few coats of BLO. I've done it that way with a few other stocks too. I love BLO!

**Rocket Power** · 07-02-2008, 06:02 PM

I've used BLO on all my milsurps but the K31 and the AK stock and handguards I redid. I have a plain jane 91/30 that I can't decide whether to go with BLO or back to shellac. Right now it's nekkid

**USMARINE1108** · 07-03-2008, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Rocket Power

I've used BLO on all my milsurps but the K31 and the AK stock and handguards I redid. I have a plain jane 91/30 that I can't decide whether to go with BLO or back to shellac. Right now it's nekkid

I can't stand shellac. Hate it. But, there is something to be said for originality, so I leave my milsurp stuff that has it alone. My K98 did not have it, so I just cleaned it up and applied a fresh coat of BLO. Same with the M14. I've used BLO on a few other .22 stocks. It's great stuff.

**MurphysLaw88GT** · 07-03-2008, 11:34 AM

I just put amber shellac back on one of the 91/30s that had "peeling shellac syndrome". It looks ok, but I need the right recipe for shellac + dye to make it a more correct "Soviet Iodine Red" colored.

**Rocket Power** · 07-03-2008, 06:23 PM

Yeah amber is the stuff I have too. I thought I saw a recipe on surplusrifleforum.com with some food coloring or something. I may just BLO the 91/30 I stripped, I mean they only made a bazzillion 1941 Izzy 91/30's right

I may switch the brass capped handguard to my 32 Tula hex lam though.

**USMARINE1108** · 07-06-2008, 04:12 PM

This is a project I just finished a few hours ago. It's a Winchester 67A Boys Rifle I picked up at a pawn shop a few months ago. I got a great deal on it, but it was in rough shape. I took off the bluing and reblued it to a gunmetal color (that was not easy), stripped the wood and put on a few coats of BLO with no stain.

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I LOVE BLO!

**Rocket Power** · 07-06-2008, 05:25 PM

Very Nice!

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