Finishing

Try one each way and see what you like best.

Are you using pure tung oil? There are a lot of tung oil products on the market that contain varnish, and these need no further finish at all.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Pure tung oil will take forever to dry, if it ever really does. Putting a finish over it is silly. I would use BLO if I wanted to put an oil before the finish, or I would purchase a clear oil based stain like Minwax. Then Spray clear. Use shellac between the oil and poly to better adhesion. You may just mix tung oil, blo, and poly together. That makes a good finish. Can you advise us as to what sheen you are wanting? (natural, satin, semi-gloss, gloss)

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thx for the advice kolwdwrkr…. can you tell what BLO is ? ...i would like to try that recipe … what percentages do u use to get a gloss….a semigloss … and a satin?

BLO = boiled linseed oil. The gloss level will be determined by what gloss level of poly you use in the mix.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"