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Dmitri

04/03/2004 7:47 PM

poly over tung oil question

Hi All.

I finished my coffee table with two coats of pure tung oil (may be I
should apply at least one more) and now want to apply top coat of poly.
So, the question is how long should I wait before applying top coat of
poly? I really like tung oil but would like to find some faster drying
alternatives by the way.

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Dmitri


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"Brian in Vancouver, BC"

in reply to Dmitri on 04/03/2004 7:47 PM

05/03/2004 5:05 AM

Dmitri <[email protected]> wrote in news:c28t98$sl8$1
@news.Stanford.EDU:

> Hi All.
>
> I finished my coffee table with two coats of pure tung oil (may be I
> should apply at least one more) and now want to apply top coat of poly.
> So, the question is how long should I wait before applying top coat of
> poly? I really like tung oil but would like to find some faster drying
> alternatives by the way.
>

Hi Dmitri;

You might look into Tried & True varnish oil as a faster drying finish.
Here's a link for you:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/wvt009.asp

If I were to put poly over this oil I would wait at least 2 weeks.

Brian

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Dmitri

in reply to Dmitri on 04/03/2004 7:47 PM

05/03/2004 6:52 AM

Paul Kierstead wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Brian in Vancouver, BC" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>You might look into Tried & True varnish oil as a faster drying finish.
>>Here's a link for you:
>>http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/wvt009.asp
>>
>>If I were to put poly over this oil I would wait at least 2 weeks.
>
>
>
> Nothing to do with poly, but I have Tried&True varnish on a little black
> cherry project (a coat hood board, shaped, etc.) a couple of days ago
> and -- on cherry at least -- the results are astounding. The drying time
> is better then unpolymerized tung oil, but still requires 24 hours
> according to the can for re-coat and rub out. I will be trying it on oak
> soon to see if the bleed-out is as bad as tung oil. But the look on
> cherry is absolutely astounding. I can't believe people stain cherry
> when this kind of look is available (I know..sapwood...but still).
>
> Paul K

Does is it look better then pure tung oil? The reason that I like tung
oil is that results look better then anything I tried so far, it
definitely look better than Watco Danish Oil and Teak Oil. And it smells
really nice. But it takes really long time to dry.

--
Dmitri

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Paul Kierstead

in reply to Dmitri on 04/03/2004 7:47 PM

05/03/2004 5:45 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
"Brian in Vancouver, BC" <[email protected]> wrote:

> You might look into Tried & True varnish oil as a faster drying finish.
> Here's a link for you:
> http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/wvt009.asp
>
> If I were to put poly over this oil I would wait at least 2 weeks.


Nothing to do with poly, but I have Tried&True varnish on a little black
cherry project (a coat hood board, shaped, etc.) a couple of days ago
and -- on cherry at least -- the results are astounding. The drying time
is better then unpolymerized tung oil, but still requires 24 hours
according to the can for re-coat and rub out. I will be trying it on oak
soon to see if the bleed-out is as bad as tung oil. But the look on
cherry is absolutely astounding. I can't believe people stain cherry
when this kind of look is available (I know..sapwood...but still).

Paul K


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