Tru-Oil on Shafts ?

[Steve Humphrey]

Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil is what I use on all my ash arrows, it penetrates into the wood for good moisture protection and makes a beautiful finish. Thin coats, light steel wool between coats. Usually 4 coats satisfy me but I'm not looking for that furniture quality finish. Duco works fine for fletching and nocks.

[hawk4570]

I have used it and it worked well.

[Huntschool]

Using either True-Oil or Lin-Speed the drying trick is do it in a dry environment.  I also thin it with a bit of terp. Just a bit and then build coats, steel wool between coats after the second.

This a heck of a finish but it is time consuming and I only use it on the most fancy of arrows.

[Rob DiStefano]

tru-oil works great on wood shafts, but so does min-wax wipe-on polyu.

[Ted Fry]

Dipping Tru Oil is a great way to go , I have found it best to thin with Naptha so that it runs off well . Like Huntschool mentioned make sure you steel wool or sand between coats, but then you want to do that no mater the finish brand.
Like Rob said however there are several good Poly finishes that work as well also with less fuss.

[rraming]

Can you crest prior to using Tru Oil, if so, with what paint?

[rraming]

anyone - or else I have to buy 70 bucks worth of garket lacquer cause I'm out

[trubltrubl]

isn't tru oil a little costly to use on shafts ?.....its 7 bucks for a small bottle...I use oil based varathane...   if a person could get it for cheap I would try it. Use it (True oil) on my selfbows and works great.

[Thunderhorn25]

I heard tung oil was good as well