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Help. I just finished a piece made of Padauk, to which I applied a coat of boiled linseed oil. The piece dried for over 10 days and I started putting on coats of a oil-based poly that I diluted approx. 40% with naptha. I’ve used this wipe-on varnish many times before (first time on padauk) with great success. Unfortunatley, I’ve been left with a very sticky, uncured finish after 2 days of dry time. Is this due to the wood or some other reason and what can I do to fix it. Thanks!
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Padauk is a very oily wood and adding the boiled linseed oil made it more so. The problem is that the oil has not cured. It could take 3 or more weeks depending on how oily the wood was to begin with and the temperature/humidity where you stored the project. The only reliable way to determine if it is cured is to smell it. If you can detect any odor, it is not cured.
The good news is that is should eventually dry. Put is somewhere where it is warm and dry and be patient.
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