Darken Danish Oil

Re: Darken Danish Oil

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

Add artist oil paint pigment to the oil. Available anywhere artist supplies are sold.

A better solution would have been dye stain at the start.

Re: Darken Danish Oil

Dick Coers

Personally I would not use danish oil on a chair. I'd tell the customer to not sit on it for weeks. It's so easy for some oil to leech back out for the first week at least. I don't consider it a finish that can take a lot of hard use like shoes on the rungs and lots of hand oils on the chair back.

Re: Darken Danish Oil

Don Stephan

My suggestion is to make three or four finish samples of each wood from leftovers. Prepare as you did the pieces in the chair. Apply ;the same three coats of the danish oil you used to each piece. Then experiment with these sample pieces rather than the finished piece. I have left a voice mail for my finishing expert and will come back with his suggestions.

Re: Darken Danish Oil

Don Stephan

My finishing pro suggested taping off the lighter area, use a Minwax WoodFinish stain to darken the lighter wood; while the stain is wet remove the masking tape and with a dry brush blend that straight line wet edge into the two sides. Then let the stain dry, perhaps 24 hours or what the instructions recommend, and evaluate. Better to have to apply the stain 2 or 3 times to sneak up on the desired result than try to hit the desired result in one step and end up too dark.

Minwax stain includes both dye and pigment with enough linseed oil to fix the dye and stain to the surface.

Again, experiment on scrap as much as needed.