Boiled linseed oil repair

[Tonyt915]

Had a leather cheek rest on it and decided to remove for a different option. Hurt my heart when I removed it and saw it leached the BLO from the stock. Do I need to strip it down and start over or will it blend in if I just apply oil in the areas it’s missing?

 

[no2gates]

I'm not an expert, but I would think that if you try to "patch" it with oil, it's still going to be noticeable. Personally, I would strip it and re-stain the whole stock.

 

[Tonyt915]

I'm not an expert, but I would think that if you try to "patch" it with oil, it's still going to be noticeable. Personally, I would strip it and re-stain the whole stock.

womp womp, I just refinished it a couple years ago.

 

[Tnhawk]

womp womp, I just refinished it a couple years ago.

Final result?
Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Tonyt915]

Final result?
Pics or it didn't happen.

Went from this to that lol

 

[no2gates]

Went from this to that lol

That looks fantastic !

 

[Tonyt915]

That looks fantastic !

*looked

 

[no2gates]

*looked

Oh yeah...

 

[Otto_Mation]

I have a rifle that I finished with Linseed oil in the early 90's. The stock was recently scraped pretty badly by someone who did not know what they were doing which is another story. I just reapplied Linseed oil over the course of a few weeks and there is absolutely no evidence of a scrape or repair. I will try to dig up a pic of the after and post it here shortly.

It wouldn't hurt to try reapplying Linseed oil.

ETA: I wish I had a before pic for you but here is the end result.

 

[Tonyt915]

I have a rifle that I finished with Linseed oil in the early 90's. The stock was recently scraped pretty badly by someone who did not know what they were doing which is another story. I just reapplied Linseed oil over the course of a few weeks and there is absolutely no evidence of a scrape or repair. I will try to dig up a pic of the after and post it here shortly.

It wouldn't hurt to try reapplying Linseed oil.

ETA: I wish I had a before pic for you but here is the end result.

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Re applied it to the whole stock or just the scraped areas? Gives me some hope.

 

[Otto_Mation]

Re applied it to the whole stock or just the scraped areas? Gives me some hope.

I just re applied to the whole stock. Since it is just oil, it should just blend in. The area that has cured will just absorb less oil. It looks like the cheek rest was put on a little to soon and sucked the oil out of the stock before it cured. Although it will be dry to the touch in a couple of days, it takes a long time to cure and harden when you have applied several coats. As much as two months or more.