If you want to minimize any coloring on the maple, I'd recommend using a
water clear finish, such as lacquer or Waterbased Poly, such as Minwax
Polycrylic.
As far as the "Tung oil finish - Your guess is as good as any as to what's
in it.
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm finishing some birdseye maple and want to use tung oil to minimize
> yellowing. Is all tung oil the same?
> I see 'tung oil' and then 'pure tung oil' advertised. I'm worried
> about other addatives causing some yellowing.
The Minwax stuff is sold as "Tung Oil Finish" and does not state it is
pure Tung oil or that it even contains any Tung oil at all. It just
says it is an oil finish. It is not like a food product which must
state what the ingredients are.
In the inverse, if an item says "Pure Tung oil" then they would have
an obligation to actually deliver such a product.
On Mar 5, 12:37=A0pm, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm finishing some birdseye maple and want to use tung oil to minimize
> yellowing. =A0Is all tung oil the same?
> I see 'tung oil' and then 'pure tung oil' advertised. =A0I'm worried
> about other addatives causing some yellowing.
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:45:13 -0800, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
> The Minwax stuff is sold as "Tung Oil Finish" and does not state it is
> pure Tung oil or that it even contains any Tung oil at all. It just says
> it is an oil finish. It is not like a food product which must state what
> the ingredients are.
>
In fact, any product called "Tung Oil Finish" is almost guaranteed to NOT
contain any tung oil. :-).
But there are tung oil products out there. I know Woodcraft carries a
couple and I'm sure others do as well.
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On Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 3:37:38 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm finishing some birdseye maple and want to use tung oil to minimize
> yellowing. Is all tung oil the same?
> I see 'tung oil' and then 'pure tung oil' advertised. I'm worried
> about other addatives causing some yellowing.
nope. Go to a rockler, woodcraft or another local gem for the real stuff; =
prepare for a sticker shock, comparatively speaking. =20
On the other hand, I've done MANY successful projects with the low sheen Wa=
tco Tung Oil Finish. It's among my favorite finishes, when I'm looking f=
or that simple hand rubbed look, but want something just a little harder. =
Rocking horses, tabletops, butcher block counters without a lot of water c=
ontact, etc.
[email protected] wrote:
>I'm finishing some birdseye maple and want to use tung oil to minimize
>yellowing. Is all tung oil the same?
>I see 'tung oil' and then 'pure tung oil' advertised. I'm worried
>about other addatives causing some yellowing.
If you want tung oil, you need to get "Pure Tung Oil". It is one of my favorite
finishes, but it will darken maple. Too much for my taste. I am in the final
stages of making a spalted maple box and am planning to use super blond shellac.
-- Doug
[email protected] wrote:
> No.
> Ingredients
linseed oil
> Med. Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Solvent
> Methyl Ethyl Ketoxime
> Cobalt 2-Ethylhexanoate