Danish oil application question

Re: Danish oil application question

Brad Vietje

>Pete,

It is most often used with more than one aplication. Once it hardens up, you can buff it, or wax and polish it, depending on the sheen you want.

Safe Spinning,

Brad Vietje

Thetford, VT

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Ron in Drums PA

>You can apply multiple coats.

You can even make your own DO

1/3 Varnish or poly

1/3 BLO

1/3 MS or Turp

I just eyeball the quantities

Agree with Brad

Bert Smith

>As long as you allow for the oil to dry, you can use several coats.

Bert

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Thanx guys ! NM

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Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Pete,

I usually use about 3-4 wipe on coats of Danish oil. Let them dry in between. Then finish with whatever is the flavor of the day. Sometimes the Beal wheels, somtimes a Deft spray finish, most recently Rockler's wipe on gel poly.

Jennifer

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Dick Hines

>I keep applying oil until it gets tacky instead of drying. Then I go back and apply one more coat and wipe it right off. That removes all the tacky. Then let dry and buff.

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Carole in VA

>I've been putting it on that mahogany bowl...I don't ever think it will get to the "tacky" point! I also have never seen anything "weep" like that open grain in the mahogany either. Had to take the stupid bowl on a call today so I could keep wiping the tears before they dried into globs. Seems like I have to keep an eye on the thing for about 3 or 4 hours with every coat of oil.

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Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Carole,

I don't know why this post struck me as so funny. I guess I've never heard of anyone taking a bowl with them on a call in order to be able to wipe away it's tears.

I'm sure they are tears of joy for being turned into such a lovely looking bowl :)

I just had to respond to your post....it made me snicker out loud!

Jen

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Yes, some woods are better candidates than others for Danish oils. You can mitigate the issue by applying a thinned coat of shellac as a sealer after your first coat of oil.

Prep the surface as normal and apply your first coat thick. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes and wipe it good and dry. Apply a seal coat of blonde shellac (or whatever color you wish but oil is yellow anyway). Let it dry and sand it smooth again with 320, then begin with the oil. It'll save you several or more coats of oil and will still penetrate quite well.

It will leave you with a smoother finish, and won't be discernable between that and one done with just a million coats of oil.

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Carole in VA

>My client laughed too, but he is a woodworker so he understood, thank goodness!

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Sascha

>i have a 5 gallon bucket with about 4 gallons of watco in it, bowls get soaked over night, then wet sanded and wiped off. i repeat that step many times until the finish if part of the wood, then i buff the bowls.

sascha