Cosmoline
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I finished a smooth rifle kit a month or so ago using low-grade walnut to save money. Well the walnut was porous and split when you looked at it wrong. Serves me right for trying to go cheap. I chalked it up to experience and put down $200 on a high-grade curly maple stock. It arrived yesterday and I've been working with it today. What a difference! Not only is the wood more beautiful it's much stronger and has a tighter grain.
The moral--don't go cheap on the wood for kits and parts projects.
The moral--don't go cheap on the wood for kits and parts projects.