How many coats of danish oil do i need. Our danish oil is based on tung oil and is a penetrating oil which will feed and protect wood. Applying coats of danish and teak oil clarity 54 duration. Do i need to reapply danish oil or just wax it and buff. Youre mostly finishing for looks and theres often little improvement sometimes none between the second and third coats.
Two coats is often good enough with products like danish oil. Besides tung and linseed oil it often contains a resin which might be alkyd derived from plants or a synthetic plastic such as polyurethane. This is still more protective than a straight oil finish but really produces a rich deep natural look because the dominant ingredient is the oil. How to apply danish oil fabians tiny workshop.
Just keep in mind the tung oil dries slower and youll need to allow more time between coats. Apply a third coat of oil and again sand wet. I use a similar blend as danish oil for a lot of my finishes because it is so easy to apply. Remove the excess and allow overnight drying.
My danish oil says to wait 4 8 hours between coats. To avoid premature evaporation i decant the oil into smaller bottles in which i aim to have as little air as possible. Wipe off the excess oil and allow the surface to dry overnight. 4 once ive applied paste wax over time the it may become dull.
Thank you for reading and answering. Once you have completed an application do you return any unused oil to the tin or discard it. Besides its oil to solvent ratio and the composition of its oils teak oil differs from danish oil and other compound oil finishes in the amount of resin it contains. Danish oil is a oil varnish blend that will build up protection just not as fast as a full on varnish.
However if the top is going to see action i usually go the distance on coats up to 6 or 8 depending on the build. Do two coats tonight one as soon as i get home and another immediately before i head to bed. Varnished shellaced lacquered or heavily stained wood will usually present a surface barrier to absorption of the danish oil and will need to be removed as necessary with a proprietary paint stripper. If you dont need quite the protection use 12 oil 14 thinner and 14 poly.