Stock oil
 

Looking for a good stock oil to keep the weather out.
Any recommendations.
All the best Dave.:bigbye:

My $0.02. Renaissance wax. I've also read of people using Carnuba wax. Birchwood Casey wax. Johnson Paste Wax. You don't want a cleaning wax that contains abrasives. I don't think adding oil is a preferred method to repel moisture.

Dave,
I'm not sure if you mean an added finish or just a treatment for the health of the wood.
I use light oils like Watco and Walnut oil for temporary benefit.
If you want more perminent then I like truoil applied in repeated light coats till desired appearance is achieved.
I don't use waxes because they clog the wood "pores" and make real finish addition more difficult.
Bob Jurewicz

might be more available to you - i haven't used it but it has gotten good reviews

http://www.napieruk.com/acatalog/Lon...stock_Kit.html

Someone please correct me if I do not have a correct understanding of these finishes.

A parker shotgun has a french polish, which is a mixture of linseed oil and shellac. Watco, or danish oil, is not a top coat, nor does it offer any real protection from water. It is an oil varnish mixture that hardens IN the wood, so when using Watco more than one coat is unnecessary as you get limited penetration after the first coat. Watco will make wood that does not already have a protective topcoat look great, but it does not protect against water. It will stain and spot. Also, applying watco over shellac should pose problems, as the shellac should prevent the danish oil from penetrating the wood. Danish oil is really just for looks, and needs something over the top of it to protect the wood, such as shellac or poly. Some people will finish wood by applying danish oil, then shellac, and then wax it for protection. Wax can also be removed if necessary without removing a shellac finish.

I have no clue if walnut oil will penetrate a french polish/shellac finish, but it typically requires about a week to cure.

I think....

I would have suggested Watco oil as well because when I had a Mad River Canoe it was recommended that I put Watco oil on the wooden beams. I also remember (sometimes) that we had a similar discussion maybe a week or so ago where someone had also suggested using Watco oil. I think in the discussion Brad Batchelder suggested using old fashioned products to help preserve Damascus barrels rather than using the newer oils such as RemOil or EEZox.