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I think I’m about ready to call this one done. I took about 20% off the gloss of the Tru-oil finish with 0000 steel wool, I then started to polish it off with a little diatomaceous earth and paint thinner but the bottom of this checkering is very roughly finished and it would have taken longer to clean it out than what it’s worth. On the checkering and its borders, I cleaned any finish out that inadvertently lapped over it and applied a coat of boiled linseed oil, I let it soak in for about 10 minutes and wiped out any remaining with a tooth brush and a lint free towel. I finished it off with two coats of Trewax and buffed it off. All in all my happy with the results and don’t regret starting it, to me it looks better than the dark brown finish I started with.