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Old 02-03-2011, 09:07 PM
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Default How to get Tru Oil to dry?

I'm working on a pair of stocks I bought from a member here recently, and am finishing them in Tru Oil. The stuff is easy to apply and looks nice, but I'm finding it difficult to get it to cure. It dries to touch soon enough, but getting it to harden seems to take far longer than I feel that it should. One of the pros here told me that he will set his grips on his furnace in the winter to help it along, and I've been setting mine under a clamp light for around half an hour at a time, which heats the grip to probably a hundred degrees or so.

I thought I would see if there were other ideas from those of you who are experienced with the stuff. I may just be too impatient; but I have to use the reloading bench to do this job, and I need that space to begin loading again soon. At the rate things are going, it will be May before that happens.

Thanks for your time and contributions, as always.
Andy
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