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Nail polish Brian
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Nail polish Brian
This may help with the drying problem, the mix not setting after a week is a common problem with finishing wooden gunstocks and grips, the mix is not disimilar: linseed oil stanined with alkanet root, beeswax heated until all dissolved then allowed to cool. You ended up with a substance like very thick boot polish but can still be appiled by cotton rag or soft brush. You work this well into the wood and a week later you polish it with as cloth and it all come off, the grain is no longer filled. The solution is a liquid called Terbene Driers, I am not sure if it is called the same on the other side of the pond, search engines should provide the answer. You a 1%-2% of the Terbene Driers too much will cause finishes to crack prematurely, and a week later you finsih will be hard. For gunstocks you build the layers up slowly, and eventually you end up with that deep grained oiled fininsh. I hope this helpsThanks very much for your research on this topic Sandy. I have been very frustrated lately with 2 refinish projects. There have been two problems: First the finish remains soft and can be dented with a fingernail despite a week of drying. Second, when subjected to a drop in temperature say from approx 70F to 50F the smooth surface wrinkles up and has to be redone. There are 3 parts to this old leather finish which I think we see in your 3 formulas....a dissolving agent to reduce the shellac flakes, a black colouring agent soot/dye and a drying agent which will harden the shellac. We know from a period photo that the shells were formed, then sprayed with finish then put in ovens to dry. The photo showed sprayed shells on racks being wheeled into a large oven type structure. The racks were like those used by bakeries when baking bread. Now, shellac flakes do have an expiry date and I would suspect that dissolved flakes would also expire. Perhaps this was part of my problem?? :? I am using a black aniline dye for colour. I intend to investigate further and eventually try to use one of these formulas to experiment.