I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top. Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or expierence would be very helpful.
Thanks
Jimmy
Minwax "Tung Oil Fininish" 3-4 coats. See below.
My favorite for walnut is (boiled) linseed oil followed by orange shellac. My second favorite, and arguably better for some uses, is Waterlox Original.
Someone can correct me, but I think David Marks' usual finish is a
1:1:1 combination of poly, oil, and turpentine.
Deft spray can lacquer works really nice and it dries fast, I have also used BLO (boiled linseed oil) and paste wax over that.
Mark (sixoneeight) = 618
Don't know how much lacquer alone would pop the grain.
I've been using BLO, followed by lacquer. The BLO has a miraculous effect - goes from a dullish wood to WOW.
Renata
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