Originally Posted by Sitka deer
The last thing you want is pure oil with the consistency of honey. It should be very thin and runny.

Unless they lied about no driers/additives (could be) IIRC correctly the tung oil hardened a little faster than the BLO which I'm assuming had a drier added. But not enough difference to make an impression. Also IIRC Newell in his book said that a drier wasn't necessary for tung oil and you can get crackling problems.

Next, how many angels can dance on the head of a pin I suppose. smile Test board whatever you come up with, also the little practice applying the stuff couldn't hurt.


The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh

Which explains a lot.