"Mike Marlow" wrote in
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A coat a day is what I try to do, especially for the 3rd coat on up.
Did he use plain tung oil or boiled/catalyzed tung oil? If all in one
night, it will probably never dry. I'd suggest cleaning the dregs off
and letting it dry for a week. Then start over with a known product,
applying no more than one coat per day to allow it to DRY properly.

Update - I spoke with my son late in the afternoon and contrary to
what I thought earlier, he never did place the grip in a sandwich bag
of Tung Oil. He did however, apply about six coats last night and he
said it was dry to the touch within 10-15 minutes. So, he put
additional coats on as it dried.

We say dried. What we mean is cured. What's important is not that the
solvent has evaporated, but that the oils have polymerized. (There are
chemists and those who play them on television who are going to correct
me on that verb. Please. I can't think of the right one just now. I'm
in a meatloaf stupor.) The organics crosslinking, and becoming more
plasticine, solid.


Yes, a bit of varnish/turps wouldn't hurt and would help build more
quickly. Better yet, have him pick up some Waterlox.


Is Waterlox available in most hardware stores or the BORGs?


In the SF Bay Area, I buy mine at Woodcraft. The website has a dealer
locator. At least here, not everyone has the stuff on the shelf. Pity.

You're looking for Waterlox Original Wood finish. Maybe $17/quart?

Patriarch