So I am going to try this on a piece of walnut. On the bottle it says to dilute 50/50 with mineral spirits. I have paint thinner, and denatured alcohol. Will either of these be ok to use, or do I need to get some mineral spirits? Thanks.
Also, allow twice as long to dry as indicated on the can if you plan to put any finish over the oil. I learned this the hard way more than once. Undried oil under your finish causes a whole long list of undesirable and unpredictable issues.
to put any finish over the oil. I learned this the hard way more than once. Undried oil under your finish causes a whole long list of undesirable and unpredictable issues.
-------------------------------------- Tung oil contains no driers.
Boiled linseed oil is tung oil that contains driers.
Tung oil takes forever to dry.
BLO dries in a day or two.
I don't use straight tung oil for the above reasons.
What kind/brand dye are you using. I for the first time ever used a General Finishes die stain and I am pretty impressed with the speed of application. Not to mention the penetration I am getting compared to a regular oil stain.
Yeah I usually use BLO thinned with Mineral Spirits or Turpentine. Linseed oil is from flax but Tung is from some Chinese nuts. Ok insert joke here about tungs and nuts, and BLO, etc.
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Was thinking about "raw" oil, tung or linseed, that takes forever to dry while BLO contains driers which makes it workable and BTW, makes it one of my favorite finishes.
Most of the "tung oil finishes" are some other oil / varnish / thinner blend to give a tung oil "effect". Not that most people know what a tung oil finish looks like.
Be warned that raw oil finishes are slow drying. Tung oil may be faster than the others, but depending on temperature and humidity you are talking a week or two to appear to be dry and two weeks to a month to be really dry. By dry I mean fully cured by reacting with oxygen to polymerize.
By the way, you do know that if you wad your rags up and throw them in the garbage, the reaction of the oil with oxygen can start a fire? I wash my rags out with solvent and then spread them out somewhere to dry.
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