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Final steps in refinishing...870 stocks..?

LOKO383LOKO383 Member Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭
edited October 2007 in Ask the Experts
After getting these where I was happy with them...what do/can you do to these to keep up the luster of the watco oil finish I recently put on these walnut stocks..this is a 1972 model..if I keep waxing them, which I've done twice w/watco wax, every two weeks to a month will they [stocks] continue to polish and shine more?.the hand rubbed oil finish has the same overall gloss/sheen to it as the buttsock, its just hard to photograph...thanks..Loko

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  • luvberettaluvberetta Member Posts: 125 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have waxed some stocks before, it seemed if you rewaxed to soon it did not help much but if you waited a month and then did it again it was like you gave the first job time to cure. Also if you get a small buffer and let the wax dry real good like a 1/2 hour then buff , it seems to shine even more. Just my 2cents.
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  • gotstolefromgotstolefrom Member Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very Nice -

    I hand-rub watco danish oil often, and also finish with wax a week or so after the last oil rub. The old-time paste wax w/most carnauba have done well for me, but look no better than yours. I do have to wait 1/2 day sometimes before buff-off if the shop is humid. After 3-4 coats it doesn't look much deeper/richer, so that is how much I polish. I don't use power when I polish.

    I do re-wax before and after bird season though, and it seems to be enough.
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