Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: IndianKid on January 03, 2015, 04:44:11 pm
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In the spirit of giving back, hopefully helping someone I found the
original armorall Tru-Oil thread
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331108
Turns out a guy used to shine his stocks up using armor all that were previously
finished with Tru-Oil and one stock needed a touch up. To his amazement the
Tru oil set up right away.
Guy who started the thread has used the method a ton of times with no clouding iassues,
the trick is to lay down a coat of the armor all 1st, then Tru-Oil...
For those who don't want to read,
Use the armorall in between every coat of Tru-Oil
the finish sets up regardless of humidity or temp.
I used Tru-Oil years ago, I remember some coats took days before they were tack free..
Today, in the last hour I have 3 coats on my bow ! I'm happy to say it's working great
Right now :)
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thanks for the tip. That's why I quit using Tru-Oil.
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who woulda ever thunk it. ill be giving that a try pretty soon
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I've used Truoil alot and never really had a problem with it setting up. I do mine inside and its not real humid so maybe thats why. I give it several hours between coats. This might cut down on my dry time. Nice tip. I will try it next time. Danny
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I've been using tung oil and taking a whole day to put my five coats on, this is going to be great :laugh:
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I only keep it about 65 in the house to conserve oil until the evening when i get the fire going, it can take 24 hours for a coat to cure at that temp, so this is gonna be handy.
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I've been using tung oil and taking a whole day to put my five coats on, this is going to be great :laugh:
Think this approach will work w/ tung oil?
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I have no clue, but I'm going to try it!
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Please report your results. ;)
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Didn't have good results on 2 different bows with it. Very cloudy fugly finish. Did it differently than you are describing so maybe it will work well if done properly. Keep us posted.
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I didn't know what 'armouall' was, so I looked it up. They seem to do a few products. Does anyone know which particular armouall product he uses?
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That was my question...will it work on other drying oils. Might try that myself.
Thanks for sharing.
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Staying safe, I am using original ;)
Little hint, after spraying with armor all and wiping
excess off, go right to oiling up...
Lil hint 2...
Don't over due the tru-oil... directly after my post I
was overly ambitious and had to wait an hour !!!
2 coats since have dried in 15 min :P
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http://pages.ebay.com/link.?nav=item/view&alt=web&id=32093791020
This stuff?
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That's it ! I bought the biger 1 pt bottle. ..
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Awesome idea! I've been using Teak oil, I'm gonna have to try it and see if it'll work with that too, or just get some try-oil, the last few layers of teak oil have sometimes taken a week in my house, but I live in sopping wet Oregon so...
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Very cool, I'm gonna try this