Can anyone tell me what the differene is going to be in finishing?
I have a project that has, walnut, maple, and lyptus, plus small amounts of purple heart and paduk. I was going to finish all of it with Danish oil, however the paint store I go to did not have danish and said tung would be the same thing…
A few other local stores were also out of Danish oil as well, Must be that mad x-mass rush?
anyway, can someone tell me if in fact using Tung oil instead of Danish oil would produce any different of a finish?
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tung would be the same thing...
I use Formby's Tung Oil and Olympic Antique Danish Oil..
Olimpic does not contain Tung oil (at least not stated on the can)..
I'm no finisher but in my use I really see very little difference on the end product.. Both easy to use and 'fix'.. I use low gloss.
EDIT:: .. would produce any different of a finish?
Hard to answer because it would depend on what you are looking for.
You would have to be the judge of that..
Edited 12/6/2005 7:03 am by WillGeorge
And your Formby's "tung oil finish" probably has zero tung oil also. It is wiping varnish.
The distinction is whether it is the use of PURE tung oil or tung oil finish. The first is the oil. The second is usually a wiping varnish, with or without real tung oil in it.Gretchen
Danish Oil and Tung Oil are product names that have little exact meaning. Many "Tung Oil Finishes" may have no tung oil at all. Danish Oil can also have different meanings to different manufacturers.
Three different product types all come under the rubric of "oil finishes". There are the pure oils, linseed or tung (or perhaps walnut). If a finish is pure tung oil it will say that or 100% tung oil. . The pure tung oil will give soft satin finish, and is quite slow curing.
Watco Danish Oil is an oil/varnish mix. Minwax Antique Oil Finish, and Minwax Tung Oil Finish are also both oil/varnish mixes (I don't know how they differ.) Deft Danish Oil Finish also fits that category. These finishes are a little harder than a pure oil and offer more protection, butare still capped at a satin sheen. They should not be allowed to build to a film.
Formby's Tung Oil Finish is actually a thinned varnish as is Waterlox (which comes in three levels of gloss.) These will produce a harder finish that can be built to a film, or if applied and wiped off, kept to a satin almost in-the-wood finish.
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