Finishing

GMman, thanks for the tip, question though can you put the tung oil over the top of other minwax stains. Say the new Red Chestnut from minwax.

-- Your Brother in WoodWorking John, Pittsburgh , PA.

Thanks for the tip GMman. I have used tung oil for a number of my projects and it is easy to repair.

Pappyjohn you can use tung oil over Minwax stains. I have put it on several projects as a top coat after staining.

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I use a lot of Minwax product for my finishes and continue to be happy with them. If the wood is porus; put some tung oil on the surface and sand with very fine grit paper, the dust will mix with the oil and fill the pores. Some guys call this “mulching” Yes; it is easy to repair compared to a thick varnish or poly.
Minwax stain accepts tung oil, varnish, poly and even oil paint (don’t know why one would) but I’ve never had a problem with it. On the other hand lacquer ~ I can’t print my thoughts on it; have no use for it, water spots, doesn’t agree with other finishes, scratches easily, difficult to repair, drys too fast and stinks ( literally).

Thanks. Got a lot to learn about finishing. Thanks for the tip.

-- JJohn

Hate to tell you this, but Minwax Tung Oil finish is not a pure tung oil product. Here’s the MSDS on it
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands&id=13018141. Most of the products with the word “finish” in the name are not “pure”. If you open a can of any of these and it smells like naptha, mineral spirits, or any other flammable liquid, it’s not pure and may just be varnish, with a little tung oil mixed in.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Tim ...Thanks for the tip did not know that

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Some tung oil products like ‘organ oil’ are good for wood turned finishes because it is food safe. although I would not take for granted that all tung oil products are food safe.

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Grumpy is right, minwax “tung” oil is not tung oil at all, it has commercial dryers and fillers in it. Pure tung oil takes along time to dry and takes several coats to start building. My way around it is to mix equal parts of pure raw tung oil, boiled linseed oil and gloss poly. the poly and blo have dryers in them, so it helps the tung oil to dry. you get the warmth of tung oil and better speed and better build. If you build enought coats you can rub it out. I usually build 5 them rub it out with wax. You don’t get a plastic look, but you get protection for the wood.

-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com