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Offline T*O*F

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Mucha mala suerte
« on: May 14, 2018, 03:29:37 AM »
So Thursday I put 2coats of finish on my walnut stock.  Friday I wet sanded it back and applied my grain filler.  Yesterday, I sanded the grain filler back so I could start hand rubbing raw tung oil on it.  Early this morning I did that and hung it from the eave of the house to take advantage of the heat and UV from the sun.  It went on beautifully and when I checked it at 1pm it had flowed out nice and was tacking up.  Well, I went out after supper to take it into the shop for the nite.  A wind must have developed because the finish was full of cottonwood fluff and oak pollen.  Not a happy camper at this point.
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Offline snapper

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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2018, 03:35:58 AM »
that is not good.

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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2018, 04:01:47 AM »
Can't you scrape it off with a plexiglass scraper and recoat?
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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2018, 04:09:44 AM »
That is how they camouflage it way back when  ::)
Enough fluff on the gun and you would never find it in the woods.  :D
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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2018, 04:30:52 AM »
That's just no fun at all :(
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Offline Chowmi

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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2018, 05:22:55 AM »
Dave,
I can completely sympathize.  I have done the exact same thing.  Also, pretty sure one of my cats rubbed up against one of my rifles hanging to cure in the sun.    Had to sand out the hairs. 

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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2018, 07:10:50 AM »
Your Spanish is good but your luck is way bad!!

I have experienced some great benefits from putting stocks outside in the sun, and some bad experiences as well.  Sometimes the energy of the sun has jinxed me, others environmental conditions.  I try to only use the 'solar cure' under the finest conditions or I end up losing ground.

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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2018, 04:34:56 PM »
I live in a condo, but I have a detached garage that affords me some decent shop space. One Thursday a few years ago I was putting on the final coat of varnish on the bright work on a 16' sailboat I had built. I just finished laying down the final coat of spar, left the garage door open and went inside to grab me a cup of coffee. I'm in my kitchen pouring away and I hear a leaf blower fire up. I haul @$$ out to get the garage door shut, but too late, the guy blew a bunch of dirt and $#@* all over the wet varnish. Normally, the landscaper/gardeners are here on Friday,  so that's why I was doing this on Thursday, but they came a day early that week. Man, that sucked.
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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2018, 04:54:53 PM »
 How about soaking it good with Tung oil let it sit to soften and then some 0000?

    Tim C.
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Offline t.caster

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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2018, 06:58:37 PM »
Oh, I better check on my stock that is drying in the sun RIGHT NOW! It's a previous build that I am trying Kiblers bone black on.
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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2018, 07:06:56 PM »
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How about soaking it good with Tung oil let it sit to soften and then some 0000?

It hadn't hardened yet, but the finish under it had.  I scraped it off with a razor knife and then wet sanded it with 320 paper.
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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2018, 09:57:51 PM »
You ought to try painting a car outside.
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Offline Bill Raby

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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2018, 02:57:57 AM »
Quote from: jerrywh on May 18, 2018, 09:57:51 PM
You ought to try painting a car outside.

In high school me and a friend painted his car outside on a windy day. Used house paint and brushes. It was pretty bad. But it was the typical high school kid pile of junk car and he got the paint for free.
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Re: Mucha mala suerte
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2018, 06:19:23 AM »
Quote from: jerrywh on May 18, 2018, 09:57:51 PM
You ought to try painting a car outside.

I did a fair amount of that when I was younger.  Used to water down the area before I shot color or clear.
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