Tru Oil worked (PICS)

[PEARL DRUMS]

One of my close friends is a professional gun smith. He gave me a TON of Tru Oil advice, he is a Tru Oil wiz. We are going to do a little more work to the riser with a few of his tricks. For now I happy shooting it!

[Roy from Pa]

Looks very sharp.

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Do you buff the tru oil finish with steel wool in between finishes?

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Also how many coats should be applied? Sorry for all the questions

[PEARL DRUMS]

Lightly buffed (OO steel wool) between every coat of Tru Oil. I only put 4 coats on this bow, it needs the pores filled and another coat added. Thats where my gun smith friend comes in. He makes a Tru Oil slurry to fill and then sand smooth after drying, then adds one more clear coat. He said it will look like granite when we are done. I have seen his work for 15 years, I trust him!

[T Folts]

I am getting ready to put tru oil over a set of snake skins so with me luck. I've used in the past over osage with great results so it should be a no brainer but then again you never know..

[Sixby]

I have finished a lot of cocabola , a lot of it and I have never seen a spot of cocabola that would finish with tru oil unless it was sealed first. the oils in the cocabola will eventually soften it and eat right through it and it will just rub off. Either a catalyzed 2 part finish ,. conversion finish ,. or sealing with cyro is necessary. I just sealed a riser with several coats of smoothon and the oil came through that and softened the tru oil. I had to sand it down and reseal it with cyro and refinish. I thought that sealing it with epoxy first would work but notttttttttttttt.
God Bless you all and have a great New Year. Steve

[BWD]

I sealed a cocobola riser with bulls eye shellac. Then went over it with satin helmsman spar urethane. It worked great, but might give you a slight amber appearance over time.

[hova]

im really surprised guys dont use more fiberglass resin. it bonds wood , so why not use it for something like a finish?


-hov