I'm getting near completion of a Huntboard Table and thinking ofusing an oil finish like Boil Lin Seed Oil (BLO), Danish Oil, or somerecipe thereof. I found a recipe using BLO and SPAR varnish.The table is made of white oak and want to have the woodgrain show through versus the standard Huntboard paint job.Your thoughts?Otoe

1) Forget the spar varnish since it never totally hardens.I'm no finishing genius, but have made some white oak pieces finishedwith BLO, followed by bees wax cut with turps.I'm happy and so is the person who received the stuff.The instructions are on the BLO can, cut it 2 parts BLO, 3 parts turpsor something close.Apply thin coat with soft rag, allow to drive, then repeat 3-4 times.Allow to cure a couple of weeks, then wax.I melted 1/2 lb bees wax in a coffee can that was in a pot of boilingwater.Add 1 cup BLO and 2 cups turps.(No good reason for the BLO, just did it)Mix and allow to solidify.Apply with soft rag.(If wax is too stiff, remelt and add more turps)Keep wax covered with plastic lid of the coffee csn.Nothing special, but I like it.Lew

Oil Finishing Recipes?

Dec 30, 2007 21 Replies

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Father Haskell 18 years ago

Behlen is the manufacturer. Short oil phenolic resin varnish. This type of varnish is favored where you want it to dry hard and rub out to a mirror gloss.

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Father Haskell 18 years ago

Any drying oil can be mixed with any varnish. I haven't found a combination that doesn't work. Reason you won't find poly recommended here so much is it looks and feels like plastic, and ages to a sickly jaundice-like urine tone.

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