Timeline for How long does it take tung oil to cure?
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| Jun 19, 2017 at 15:18 | history | edited | Dr.U | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2017 at 20:21 | comment | added | Dr.U | Some of the people asking all over the internet about tung curing times and behavior, are people wanting to finish their weapons with it, which was my case as well, and the info available is extremely scarce. That's why I wrote what I wrote, however too much in a rush, and made it sound like advice for general use in every application, which it definitely isn't. | |
| Jun 18, 2017 at 20:16 | comment | added | Dr.U | In 90% of production wooden weapons it's varnish. Some places use teak oil, like Kingfisher Woodworks, but it requires reapplying quite often, not as often as lemon/walnut oil. I've never seen production pieces finished with tung oil, mostly people who make weapons for themselves do it, including myself. Clearly it can be hell to get it to work, but it feels great in the hand, lives very long, it's beautiful on the grain and needs maintenance once a year or two. | |
| Jun 18, 2017 at 7:11 | comment | added | Graphus | This makes me wonder what my bokken and nunchakus where finished with :-) | |
| Jun 17, 2017 at 16:04 | comment | added | Dr.U | That of course can be true, depending on the application, as in what do you use it/need it for. In my case, I use it to finish bokkens (Japanese martial arts training swords) made of hickory, and for that tung is one of the best choices due to semi-smooth tactile feel and perfectly sufficient water resistance, as well as flexibility and behavior on impact with other wooden swords. The name of the game is what finish best suits your needs, I guess I should have specified mine. So I can perfectly understand it can be not worth the pain if you need to finish a large dresser. | |
| Jun 17, 2017 at 7:16 | comment | added | Graphus | "it's the best wood finish" Err, really? This kind of thing is of course subjective but the extremely finicky conditions you just outlined yourself would give me some pause just by themselves. But in addition it imparts minimal waterproofing, can't provide a high gloss (either at all or in a reasonable timeframe) and imparts almost no scratch resistance..... that sure doesn't meet my standards for "best finish". | |
| Jun 17, 2017 at 3:14 | history | edited | Dr.U | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 17, 2017 at 2:14 | history | answered | Dr.U | CC BY-SA 3.0 |