Well, the other day i decided that the finish on my shotgun's stock was passable, but i had some linseed oil, so i thought, why not? my grampa said he always used linseed oil on his stocks, and previous to my coating the shotgun stock i did a rifle stock which came out great.
anyway, i took off the stock and fore end, applied a moderate coat of oil, and let it dry... a day or so later, the oil had not completely soaked in, it just became gummy. thinking that it was too cold in the room it was in, i brought it to a warmer room for about 2 days. still gummy. i then hit a little spot with a hairdryer, hoping to melt it in or open the wood grain or something... barely any change. the heated spot, rubbed with a rag, cleaned up a bit, but was still sticky.
did i just screw up my stock? how can i get this off? some parts of the stock are fine, and they had the same amount of oil - the only difference is that one part was rough finished (top part of fore end against the barrel) and the others were the checkered grips... my guess is that the grain was more open there than in other places.
any ideas?
thanks!
tmm