tung oil
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Pros
- Tung oil dries to the touch. I have bare steel furniture I haven't touched up in 10 years
- tung oil is better for cutting boards (but I also prefer mineral oil)
- Danish oil or Tung oil. Simplicity, beauty, durability, ease of maintenance.
- Tung oil is the best especially for an outdoor area that will get be wet consistently.
- So I like a tung oil finish on wood floors. It soaks in and gives a soft low sheen finish if it ever gets dry you just clean the surface and add more oil.
Cons
- Oils like Tung that dry hard aren’t the best in my experience.
- Don't use tung oil. That is for furniture. Two coats isn't near enough either.
- I will start by saying I stained the risers with tung oil and wish I’d let them be. It lost some contrast in the char marks and the orange is a little too deep.
- I originally wanted to use tung oil as the sealer. However, testing on a scrap, the tung oil makes the wood darker than I'd prefer.
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What redditors said (10 of 13)
Tung oil dries to the touch. I have bare steel furniture I haven't touched up in 10 years
tung oil is better for cutting boards (but I also prefer mineral oil)
Oils like Tung that dry hard aren’t the best in my experience.
Danish oil or Tung oil. Simplicity, beauty, durability, ease of maintenance.
Tung oil is the best especially for an outdoor area that will get be wet consistently.
So I like a tung oil finish on wood floors. It soaks in and gives a soft low sheen finish if it ever gets dry you just clean the surface and add more oil.
To make it feel good in your hand I would use a hardening oil (tung, walnut, or BLO) and then a coat or two of wax.
You a use tung oil, or some other outdoor-oriented oil treatment. It will give the wood a more finished look and slow down the graying if you do this every year.
This guy (The Wood Whisperer) recommends 100% tung oil + citrus solvent applied to cutting boards, cured for a week or two, then reapplied 2-3 times a year. ... Pure tung oil is food safe.
Don't use tung oil. That is for furniture. Two coats isn't near enough either.
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