http://customgunandrifle.com/gunsmithing-tips/stock-finishingPer another site I'm trying one with Minwax Antique oil.
For years I used a mixture of tung oil spar varnish and mineral spirits.
BLO is linseed with additives. Like Truoil it is water resistant not really water proof.
I happen prefer the Tung oil based. Procustom etc
Next one will be done like Duane uses above.
Steve Bertram also uses the above finish as well.
http://www.bertramandco.com/The root aids color you can reduce
Duane obviously produces a very nice finish. I have watched him work in his shop years ago. Very few stock finishers would ever consider putting in the time and effort he does to finish a stock. By the time he puts the rottenstone in the pores are mighty small.
No one I going to spend that kind of time on ordinary factory stock woods.
Procustom oil is no more waterproof than TruOil. It is also far from all tung oil, and usually has more linseed than tung.
No oil finish is waterproof Cured oil absorbs water vapor faster than bare wood.
