The replacement stocks for the Star B are, as I mentioned, dry as a bone.
I went to Home Depot and bought a quart of boiled linseed oil.
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| Before applying any oil. |
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| A light base coat applied and doing the ten minute soak. |
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| Excess wiped off and sitting for the overnight dry. |
Linseed oil smells familiar. I can't remember where I've smelled it before, but the memories are saying I have without telling me where. I don't do woodworking, and nobody in my family really does either. Strange.
Linseed oil is something of a mythical substance to me because we had many manuals about the care of the pioneer tools for the tank that specified using linseed oil to protect the wood, but I never once saw a can while I was in the Army.
