Best way to refinish a gun stock

[vestlenning]

Great looking finish you got going there fella.. Does the Alkanet oil you’ve used have dye in it or did you apply some before?

Homemade Alkanet; no dye, just Alkanna Tinctoria and boiled linseed oil.

[FRANKIE]

Homemade Alkanet; no dye, just Alkanna Tinctoria and boiled linseed oil.

Might do a few experiments, cheers.

[AndrewE]

You can’t say “no dye , just Alkanet oil” Alkanet is a dye in its own right, it’s what Indian cooking uses to add the colour to Rogan Josh.

[vestlenning]

You can’t say “no dye , just Alkanet oil” Alkanet is a dye in its own right, it’s what Indian cooking uses to add the colour to Rogan Josh.

Absolutely, should have said no *extra* dye ...

[greasemonkey]

this is how i do it,get a jamjar,add a heaped tablespoon of shredded alkanet root ,fill the jar with boiled linseed oil.leave for 6 months agitating now and then.when the stock is prepared tip an eggcup full into another jar adding half a teaspoon full of terebine thinners.the thinners make the oil dry much faster.apply as normal.this is one of my vintage shot gun stocks i have refinished.

[Segata]

I need a minute, that colour and depth is perfection.

[Craig-P]

A few that I did with boiled linseed oil for various customers and outfits including Holts:

[look no hands]

Might do a few experiments, cheers.

It's also known as red root oil, you can get it from the bay of evil.