Response to finishing purple heart... + book title

Was reading about someone getting ready to finish a purple heart table top. He’s newish as am I to working w hard woods or exotics, Last thing any of us want is to cheap out on finishing after putting 50 hours morphing hard wood. Lately I’ve been sticking with watco danish oil, or varnish and polishing depending if I want mate or a gloss, and how much moisture protection, how much use the table gets may be a worry, runner or dinning. Ya know. I sure would like to hear if anyone has some great ways of finishing that aren’t common. I’ve found one cool book but it seems you have to be a chemist or find “old” ingredients hard to find like spirits of wine, seed lac, on n on…This book I found::::The first American Furniture Finisher’s Manual… a reprint of the cabinet makers guide of 1827. Robert D. Mussy , Jr. for 5.95 It’s very cool to read about the “process” and in depth steps they used to take to bring out beauty in wood…. DOES ANYONE KNOW; A bit about french polishing or has anyone tried it???? I’d like to know more about from someone’s experience . And please share your finishing tricks, tip’s, or labor intensive journey…. Thanks much to all, and have a merry christmas. A woodworkers friend, Patrick Miles. ny.

-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> why's there a light in fridge and not the freezer? , aka, the wood hunter.aka tigermaple5