27 Photos of Gun Stock Refinishing

After ten careful and time-consuming coats of Lin-Speed, this was the result: dull spots that simply would not go away.

I endeavored to fill any “thirsty” grain by steel-wooling each “technically dry” coat to lower the high areas and leave it in the low ones. This fits in with the Lin-Speed notion that says their finish is IN the wood rather than ON it.

Giving up on Gloss

Right about this time, I decided that trying to get a glossy finish was not the thing to do. For one thing, it just wasn’t working, and for another, the company owner himself had told me it wouldn’t happen. Duh.

If you do want a glossy finish, Lin-Speed recommends you use mineral spirits to thin the product for the final coats.

I took two weeks to apply these ten coats of Lin-Speed oil.

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Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.