Suggestions for finishes to compare
Following on from playing around with Osmo PolyX RAW oil, I thought I might do some comparisons with other finishes to see what different effects on colour, grain etc they might have. Also an assessment of red wine resistance.
There are any amount of finishes around, and obviously I'm not going to test them all, or even more than perhaps a dozen.
Choice of timber for the tests will also have to be considered. The problem is that for each different colour of density of timber, it introduces another ~12 tests to do, and another ~12 similar pieces of timber.
I have plenty of curly Blackbutt on hand so that would do for a blonde. I could resaw a 200x50mm board into 6 boards of reasonable thickness (~7mm) and that would yield 12 test surfaces of about 200x300mm each.
From memory I can manage the same with some Forest Red Gum, for a mid-red board. Or if I think I can spare it some She Oak because it would have a lot more figure than the FRG I have.
For something darker I'll have to have a look at the timber store, but I have Blackwood and Red Cedar certainly. Also Dillenia (Snakewood).
Finishes that I already have on hand:
Rustins Danish
Boiled Linseed Oil (probably cut the first coat 50% with Gum turps to get some deeper penetration)
Estapol Oil based PU (Satin)
Estapol as above, but diluted 50% with Gum Turps and 1 or 2 extra coats
Minwax Water based PU (Satin)
Livos Kunos Oil
Livos Countertop Oil
Home Made WOP (50% Estapol, 25% BLO, 25% Gum Turps)
Other finishes I would like to include:
Organoil HBO
Pure Tung Oil (I think Seeneys is pure?)
Home Made WOP but based on Tung Oil
Osmo PolyX Satin Oil
Ubeaut Aussie Oil
Minwax WOP (but is there any point seeings how it is no longer available here?)
Shellac? I may have to do a lot of practice with that to get a decent result....
There is one method that Glider has suggested for repelling any water based liquid: rub it over with Armorall, or any other silicon based polish. Not quite sure what would have to be done to re-coat the original finish if required though. I suppose a rub over with the suitable solvent (what would that be?) and sand it back.
So does anyone have any other suggestions on products (or otherwise)? Not looking for "this is the only stuff/method to use" responses because clearly I'll be using several.
I suppose I should say that this is not designed to be a scientific study, but rathermore subjective ("this looks good for certain timbers", "this doesn't repel red wine", "makes dark timber too dark" etc etc)
