Reply by Bertha

^GregN has some great advice. You can always plane the wood with a scrub plane or a similar plane with a cambered iron. This provides an irregular surface to really grab the finish Greg is describing. You can also use a tinted paste wax with his methods. I have BriWax black that really gets into nooks and crannies. It’s a fine table and I wish you luck!

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog