Steve_Kay

🤣🤣 Agreed. It's come out much glossier than I imagined.

Thanks for that. For the slightly larger bits stick in the finish, I take it I'll just need to go over the holes in the finish with oil once the rottenstone removes it?

Thanks. Do you mix it with oil before using it?

Thanks gents. I'm really happy with how it's come up. That's what makes it so painful having to sand it each time to remove dust specks.

Thanks for the replies gents. Mine seems to be bits of lint etc. Only very small mind but still annoying. Having to sand it off then apply the new coat (for it then to happen again) is getting quite tiresome. I'm hand rubbing it in so I'm not quite sure why it's happening. I'll try moving it to another location and see what happens

Thanks Mad. I'll take a look and see if I can find anything

Thanks for the reply Mad. I'm storing it in a spare bedroom at the minute. It's unused by anyone other than me so the door isn't being opened constantly and dust being disturbed. I could try storing it in a wardrobe to minimise dust. Not sure how effective it would be but worth a shot.

Morning all. A few of you may have seen my post last month about the 682 Gold E I'm refinshing. I'm on my final few coats now but no matter how careful I try to be, dust and small bits always seem to settle on the finish as it's drying. I then need to lightly sand them out before repeating the process again. Any suggestions on the best way of preventing dust settling on the stock while it dries?

That looks amazing. It just goes to show how much you can get out of a factory varnished stock.

This obviously isn't finished yet but it's getting there

I'll post a picture for you when I'm in from work diver

Thanks for the reply Alan. I dampened the stock and then used a hairdryer to raise the grain 4 times before applying the first coat of oil. I spoke with Clive at CCL (very nice chap indeed) and he said it was likely small contaminants in the grain. He said to skip the last 2 coats of hardener and lightly sand the stock down with used 800 grit wet and dry. Then mix the red root oil and hardener 50/50 as per the instructions. I'm only on the first coat of 50/50 and it's already covered most of the white patches. A few more coats should do the trick.

Will do. Thanks again

Thanks for the reply. I fully stripped the stock (using the provided lacquer remover) and spent 2 days taking everything back to bare stock using gradually finer wet and dry. Weirdly, this has only happened since using the oil hardener. It took the 5 coats of red root oil perfectly well. It just doesn't seem to like the hardener. It may be that there's still some oil in the stock from the previous owner storing it barrels up. Thanks for the contact info. I'll give them a call this morning and see what they say. Hopefully it won't be a case of sanding it fully back again.