Way back on the old board, my very first ALR post was about a "Danish Oil" gunstock finish made by Crane Creek Company. I purchased it and used it in the 1970s and have never had anything work as easily or as well to produce a fine satin finish on a stock. The company is long since out of business but I wanted to know if any of you know anything about this finish and what was in it. From the smell, I would bet dollars to doughnuts that the finish uses some form of benzene as the primary solvent (which is one of the reasons it works so well) but is probably also the reason why it is not available on the market. Here is what the product looked like and what the box said on it.
I still have this pair of cans from 1974 and the finish looks and handles like it was put in the can yesterday. I truly believe the part about "hardening the wood" by 25% because the blunderbuss stock I am reworking right now was finished with it in 2002. I have had a heck of a time removing the old finish and re-carving some of the areas that didn't have a substantial amount of surface wood removed.
Anyone know anything about this finish ?
