Thread: Finishing horn scales

I know most of the material on here suggests using neats foot oil and in rare cases, mineral oil, for horn scales. After reading another thread about how horn was used to mimic tortuous shell and it could be pressed, boiled and such. Why can't tung oil be used? I know with wood it seals and protects the wood. From my own experience it almost gives a plastic finish to the wood. Would not this be good for the horn to seal it? Sorry if this has been covered. I couldn't find anything when I searched. Someone mentioned that horn scales should not be sealed but wouldn't that be what they did to mimic the shell, seal the horn and use paint, dye or other finishes?

Dllandry has used boiled linseed oil and had nice results.

I use neatsfoot if I'm keeping the originals. For new, I buff with white rouge, followed by Fabulustre.

Originally Posted by Maxi

Dllandry has used boiled linseed oil and had nice results.

I use neatsfoot if I'm keeping the originals. For new, I buff with white rouge, followed by Fabulustre.

I've tried the white rouge before. What's Fabulustre? Where would I pick up some of that?

One reason I'm posting this is I think I may have soaked some horn scales in tung oil.

Edit: Not the ones you did for me Maxi.

Fabulustre is a buffing compound that a jeweller around the corner told me about. He uses it as the last polishing compound in his series. I have been using it with great results on steel, horn, ca finishes, etc. It's available at Lacy Supply company (jewellery tools). It's located at Queen and Church, on the second floor. Google them, they have a nice website and are open to the public.