Advice / suggestions on cleaning a filthy barrel

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Re: Advice / suggestions on cleaning a filthy barrel

Post by Gwion » 15 Aug 2017, 8:42 pm

Bent Arrow wrote:Thanks. I think this will come up OK. I've gone the simple and traditional approach of rubbing on raw linseed oil with 0000 steel wool and then rubbing off with a soft cotton cloth. Tonight was the second coat. This has left much of the character of years of use but is now looking cared for rather than discarded. A few more coats and it'll be done....



That's the idea. Just a bit of TLC, not a full refinish. :thumbsup:
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