BLO Not Drying

[Guisan]

It's oil !
All it needs to do is to soak into the wood and the remains need to be wiped off, oil does not dry or read this to find out how they worked with it in the old days...

http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard.yuku.com/topic/10847/master/1/

[Father Ted]

Laminates can't soak up as much as solid furniture. I'd only rub in light coats and Really rub it in. The only time you put it in the sun is to darken it up without using stains. Did you clean the stock properly before applying finish? You might have had some areas with wax still there or something else? I'd try wiping tacky areas with mineral spirits and apply a light coat of cut BLO.
Good luck.
Cheers

[bruce381]

wipe on about a teaspoon full and rub in, let sit 10 minutes then use a old T shirt and wipe it ALL off. What is left is a slight shine thats all you do leave it over night and should be non sticky in a day or so.

[AK_Guy]

And that's why I use Tru-Oil...hardens quick!

[CrippledPidgeon]

I recently put a coat of BLO on my laminate 91-30, set it out in the sun for several days. However despite all that, there are sections that still a bit "tacky".
I thought about maybe putting a hair dryer on it? Or maybe it's just not a great time of the year for this kind of stuff?
Any suggestions?

The BLO likely didn't dry in the sun because the drying process gives off heat. This is why you don't want to keep a pile of BLO-soaked rags - they can generate enough heat that they'll burst into flames. My recommendation to prevent that is once you've used a rag, throw it into a bucket of water mixed with detergent. It'll prevent auto-ignition, and make it easier to clean the rags later.

By leaving the stock in the sunlight, you were putting heat back into the stock, preventing the BLO from drying. In my experience, you want good airflow, but keep the stocks out of direct sunlight in a cool, dry place.

You also don't want to use too much BLO, or else it will never dry. When I start on a dry/stripped stock, I use enough oil for the stock to practically be dripping, and I rub the oil in by hand for several minutes. I then take a dry rag and remove as much of the oil as possible. The next day, I take a plastic scrubbing pad, and remove the sticky excess. I usually use steel wool (or a plastic substitute) to smooth out the entire stock, and repeat the process.

Using the "once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, and once a year for the rest of your life" formula, I usually get enough BLO into the stock in the first week that it only takes a couple drops on a rag to coat the entire stock.

[MajorSideburns]

it probably didnt get absorbed into the grain that well...try to rough up the wood with some sanding. also with what the guy said above, putting it in the sun probably didnt help... you might have just also put more than the wood could absorb at that spot. just rub off the tacky part with a towel or lightly sand it with 0000 steel wool