Status of mineral oil treatment: Put on a thin coat the man said----put on another one when it dries. I put it on my (now brown) test panel several days ago. It didn't dry. Mayhaps his definition of "thin coat" is different than mine. The panel is still brown----and slicker than snot on a brass door knob!!

Okay---I'll dry it---did that with paper towel.

GUESS WHAT?!! The now dry panel is A BUNCH darker brown than it was-----damn near black if the light is less than operating room bright.

Guess what else? I'm going to put another coat of oil on it. If it doesn't dry by itself, I'll dry it.

And not too long after that-------------I have a really spiffy NM #3 with one brown panel---perhaps what was the outside panel as it lay on the shelf at Duffy's house for many moons. It's going to get some mineral oil too.

And along the way, the SS grips I messed up are going to get the same treatment----which may take longer----but it's lookin' GOOD!!

Ralph Tremaine