Anyone use velvet Oil?

Re: Anyone use velvet Oil?

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

I don't know what it is. If it is a drying oil heat has a huge effect on curing rate. Humidity slows the catalyst. Varnish that takes days to cure at 65 degrees will cure hard in 4 hours at 90, for example.

Re: Anyone use velvet Oil?

Wiley Horne

I recall Velvit Oil being an oil-varnish. It doesn’t build. You wipe it on, leave wet for something like an hour, then you just wipe it off, or some say wet sand it using 400g or so. Wipe it down after that. It’s a close to the wood finish.

Is this anything close to the instructions on the can?

Wiley

Re: Anyone use velvet Oil?

Paul Woolson

Yes you are pretty close. It’s actually a soy product with some sort of drying agents in it. Here are the instructions from the can:

A wood finish that stains, fills, seals, protects, and beautifies all in one coat. Apply Velvit Oil to the wood surfaces, leave it penetrate 30 to 45 minutes. If it starts to dry out, apply more Velvit Oil, but keep the surface wet at least 30 minutes. Once it has penetrated for at least 30 minutes, start to wet sand using 320 to 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper. The sanding action creates a paste that fills the pores of the wood. Take a soft cloth and wipe off the excess. Leave it dry 24 hours. Nothing else need be applied over it.

Re: Anyone use velvet Oil?

Paul Woolson

I did hit it with a heat gun just to see if that might speed things up. We shall see

Japan drier?

JL

I haven't used Velvit oil.

Just wondering if Japan drier would accelerate polymerization - it works for other oil finishes.

heat gun useless and risky

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

Curing is a chemical reaction. Completion is a time/temperature process. More temperature less time. A brief warm up with a heat gun will not be enough time at high temperature to do anything except risk drying the wood and cracking it. I don't know what you are finishing but the solution to getting cured is to move it somewhere where it gets hot for hours.

If it does not cure in 8 hours at 85 degrees there is something wrong with the formulation. Catalyst may be dead, or there isn't one.

If it won'y cure wipe it off and start over with a more widely used finish.

Re: Anyone use velvet Oil?

Wiley Horne

Hi Paul,

Maybe just follow the instructions. It’s not a build finish. After it sits wet for an hour or so, wet sand it and wipe off excess, if you want to fill pores. Or just wipe off excess without wet sanding. And you’re done. Sounds like this oil varnish has already done its thing.

If the flat, close to the wood finish is not what you want, or if you’re disappointed with what you got, you can just start over as Bill suggests, and come in over the top of it with something else.

Wiley

Ditto

Ellis Walentine

One of our old regulars, Barbara Gill, used to be a Velvit Oil dealer, and this was discussed a lot back in the old days of WC. Wiley is correct. This is not a finish that you want to lay on thick, because it won't dry. You need to wipe it on, let it penetrate, add more to top off the pores and the top cells of the surface, let it set up for a little while, wet sand if desired, and wipe off the excess.

Ellis