finishing jarrah chessbox?

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Originally Posted by art vanderlay

I'm probably going to use danish oil or tung oil.

what are the differences between the two?
Is danish oil glossy, because I'm only looking for a slight satin finish.

Danish oil is based on tung. It has a few extras (mainly poly) for increased hardness and quicker curing. Cosmetic diferences are minimal.

Both will give a glossy finish if enough layers are applied, the more coats the glossier and the more the colours are richened. However a satin finish can be achieved by applying only a few very light coats (rubbing back with 0000 steel wool or very fine W&D) until even colouration's achieved. The trick is to know when to stop applying more coats. ;)

I like tung for satined finishes because it takes longer to cure and so (in theory, anyway) has more penetration time on the first application, helping to increase the durability of the finished item. Apart from that, I see no other advantages & danish is generally "quicker" to work with.

It's partly because of the thinness of the finished coats and partly to take off any glossy highlights that I waxed with carnauba.

The only two "hardware" brands I've used are Wattyls &.... Integrain (?? I think), which are both danish's. Even the stuff sold as a tung is really more of a danish, having similar additives. [shrug] Pure tung is something you really have to search for and rarely found on the shelf in mainstream suppliers.