danish oil

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on stabilized wood and you put a coat of danish oil on it, how many coats do you put on? do you put anything on top of it?
vern
 
I try to get at least two coats. Make sure the first coat is good and dry before applying the second one. After it has dried I'll go over it with 00000 steel wool and a coat of paste wax.
 
v-6 said:
on stabilized wood and you put a coat of danish oil on it, how many coats do you put on? do you put anything on top of it?
vern
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The wood is impregnated with resins and polymers , oil should not penetrate if the job was done right .
 
Is Danish oil similar to tung oil? Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread, just curious.
 
Danish oil is a mix of tung and boiled linseed oil, from my understanding. You get some surface treatment and some penetrating oil value. It is my favorite of the oils to use.
 
I use danish oil on stabilized wood. Two coats, then burnish with the rough side of a piece of leather that has been impregnate with rotten stone. The wood will look like it has a light bulb inside of it. Try it you'll like it.

P.S. all of this is after sanding to 2000 grit.

Greg
 
I am with James on this one. What are we missing here? Why do you need to put oil on wood that is already stabilized? Does the resin that is used to stabilize with need some type of protection?
 
WadeH said:
I am with James on this one. What are we missing here? Why do you need to put oil on wood that is already stabilized? Does the resin that is used to stabilize with need some type of protection?
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well do it to give it a better luster.
right or wrong
vern
 
On stabilized wood, the wood doesn't need more protection. It's all about the look. A nice oil finish adds more than protection. ;)

Rob!

btw, I use ten coats of polymerized tung oil on top of stabilized - with 24 hours between coats - and a final burnish with leather.
 
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