How to make Walnut look really good?
 

I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
expierence would be very helpful.

Thanks

Jimmy

How to make Walnut look really good?
 

"Jimmy" wrote in message
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I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
expierence would be very helpful.

Thanks

Jimmy


Minwax "Tung Oil Fininish" 3-4 coats. See below.

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Dresser_Project.htm

AND

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm

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www.garagewoodworks.com

How to make Walnut look really good?
 

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:01:59 -0400, "Jimmy"
wrote:

I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
expierence would be very helpful.



My favorite for walnut is (boiled) linseed oil followed by orange
shellac. My second favorite, and arguably better for some uses, is
Waterlox Original.

Someone can correct me, but I think David Marks' usual finish is a
1:1:1 combination of poly, oil, and turpentine.


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Chuck Taylor
http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/contact/

How to make Walnut look really good?
 

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:01:59 -0400, "Jimmy"
wrote:

I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
expierence would be very helpful.

Deft spray can lacquer works really nice and it dries fast, I have
also used BLO (boiled linseed oil) and paste wax over that.

Mark
(sixoneeight) = 618

How to make Walnut look really good?
 

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:24:59 -0500, Markem
wrote:

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:01:59 -0400, "Jimmy"
wrote:

I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
expierence would be very helpful.

Deft spray can lacquer works really nice and it dries fast, I have
also used BLO (boiled linseed oil) and paste wax over that.

Mark
(sixoneeight) = 618

Don't know how much lacquer alone would pop the grain.

I've been using BLO, followed by lacquer. The BLO has a miraculous
effect - goes from a dullish wood to WOW.

Renata