Danish Oil recipee...

[Greg_stewy]

Hi all,

I was am making a nice large hardwood dining table, as was thinking of using Danish oil as a finish. after doing a search I came across one receipee for Danish oil which was pretty much 4:1:6 of Estapol:linseed oil:Natural Turps.

Does anyone have a good recipee for Danish Oil??
Are there any problems with using Mineral Turps instead??
Does anyone know where I can get Tung oil in Brisbane??(Bunnings/M10??)


Thanks
Greg.

[hexbaz]

Does anyone know where I can get Tung oil in Brisbane?If you want a large quantity (10+ litres), you can buy in bulk from The Real Milk Paint Company (http://www.realmilkpaint.com/) in USA. They ship internationally in US gallon containers. The postal cost is high (particularly if you need it in a hurry), hence the requirement to order bulk.... But in large quantities it is way cheaper from there than locally (I am in UK, but I am sure you will find the same applies in Oz).

[Baz]

Greg I recently bought some Tung Oil at our local paint shop, $15 litre. It has the consistency of honey.
Cheers
Barry

[zymurgy]

I purchased a 5L container of Sceneys Pure Tung oil for $53.00 the other day from PaintMobile here in Victoria. Give Sceney Chemicals a ring 0393117477 and see if they have a Queensland distributor. They put me onto Paintmobile.

[hexbaz]

Here's another recipe - probably not Danish Oil as such, but looks interesting:

1/3 Semi-Gloss Polyurethane Varnish
1/3 Boiled, or Raw Linseed Oil
1/3 Teak Oil, or Tung Oil
Mix all this as one, then add 15% Mineral Turpentine.

[Cliff Rogers]

G'day.

Lifted from this web page...

http://www.wwch.org/Technique/FinishesRL/OilFin.htm

"a common recipe for home-brewed oil finish is to mix equal parts of
boiled linseed oil,
turpentine or mineral spirits,
and plain oil-based (gloss, not satin) varnish or spar varnish
(spar includes some UV inhibitors)."

[Greg_stewy]

Thanks all....