oil finshes

I built lots of boxes using redwood and I mainly use BLO for my finish. I use to use danish oil, but I keep forgetting to buy more. Both will darken the wood, as will tung oil from what I’ve seen. I have not used tung oil yet, but plan on getting some soon. Sometimes I feel like the boiled linseed oil darkens the readwood more, but I like the look of danish oil on oak better.

I agree the danish oil seems to cure faster and is a bit easier to work with, I don’t think you can go wrong with any of those options. I use to put wipe-on poly over the oil, but lately I’ve been using shellac. I find it easier to apply and you can get several coats on in a day. I just use the dewaxed shellac you can get from HD or Lowes.

Take a look at some of the boxes in my projects section, most are BLO and shellac. Hope this helps.

-- David