Original recipe:
4oz of Alkenet Root in a large glass canning Jar with full amount of boiled Linseed Oil. Set aside and let rest for 6 weeks in a cool dry place.
Jacks version of red oil. 4oz of Alekenet Root in large Masson or Ball Jar. Enough Mineral Spirit to totaly wet and slightly cover the powder. Fill the remander of the jar with Tongue Oil. Shake and set aside for a week or two.
Strain the mixture through a kitchen strainer nothing fancy. Ready for use. This produces the deep red brown color on Walnut you are used to seeing on Winchester and Holland & Holland type rifles.
Holland & Holland claim to put 64 coats on the wood of their rifles.
I prefer to sand with either degreased SS steel wool or 400 grit sand paper between each coat. I do not remove the ust using sanding dust as a pore filler.
Once colour is achieved and fill switch to 100% pure Tongue oil. Each step from now on after sanding wipe off any dust and coat with 100% tongue oil getting up to about 1000 grit. Now is the time to get any checkering done. After checkering switch over to a nice wax and buff to high sheen.
It is easy to get a choclate sheen from a lot of walnuts but getting that classic WInchester or Holland and Holland redish brown color is almost impossible naturally it almost always requires Red Oil to get their.
You can get alkenet Root on Amazon for like $12 for 10oz.
I think Holland & Halloand use Linseed for all of the Red Oil coats then use Tongue oil for the finish coats. I am not a fan of Linseed oil because of it's spontanious combustion hazard with rags which is why I just got for Tongue oil the entire way.
I am sure it could be used with things like Teak Oil and Danish Oil or Wiping Lacquer but I have no experince with them and this method. Some trial and error would be in order.
Good Luck and God Bless!
4oz of Alkenet Root in a large glass canning Jar with full amount of boiled Linseed Oil. Set aside and let rest for 6 weeks in a cool dry place.
Jacks version of red oil. 4oz of Alekenet Root in large Masson or Ball Jar. Enough Mineral Spirit to totaly wet and slightly cover the powder. Fill the remander of the jar with Tongue Oil. Shake and set aside for a week or two.
Strain the mixture through a kitchen strainer nothing fancy. Ready for use. This produces the deep red brown color on Walnut you are used to seeing on Winchester and Holland & Holland type rifles.
Holland & Holland claim to put 64 coats on the wood of their rifles.
I prefer to sand with either degreased SS steel wool or 400 grit sand paper between each coat. I do not remove the ust using sanding dust as a pore filler.
Once colour is achieved and fill switch to 100% pure Tongue oil. Each step from now on after sanding wipe off any dust and coat with 100% tongue oil getting up to about 1000 grit. Now is the time to get any checkering done. After checkering switch over to a nice wax and buff to high sheen.
It is easy to get a choclate sheen from a lot of walnuts but getting that classic WInchester or Holland and Holland redish brown color is almost impossible naturally it almost always requires Red Oil to get their.
You can get alkenet Root on Amazon for like $12 for 10oz.
I think Holland & Halloand use Linseed for all of the Red Oil coats then use Tongue oil for the finish coats. I am not a fan of Linseed oil because of it's spontanious combustion hazard with rags which is why I just got for Tongue oil the entire way.
I am sure it could be used with things like Teak Oil and Danish Oil or Wiping Lacquer but I have no experince with them and this method. Some trial and error would be in order.
Good Luck and God Bless!
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