Tung oil in Canberra

[aabb]

Quote fromTrav on another thread

Hi all - just putting the finishing touches on my hall table. It is made from recycled aust mahogany and finished with 3 coats of tung oil at the moment.


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Trav is the tung oil 100% tung oil -- where did you get it from in Canberra ?

Albert

[Trav]

Hi Albert

Sorry - I just saw this thread.

I'm not sure if it is 100% - I'll have to check. I had trouble finding it at all, so I bought this when I found it. It is from Bunnings - intergrain or interwood or something like that. I'll chekc tonight.

It came up a treat when applied. It was quite thick - does this sound like tung oil?

Trav

[zenwood]

It was quite thick - does this sound like tung oil?
Yep: tung oil is pretty syrupy. Surprised you didn't have to chip off frozen lumps in Canberra.:D

[aabb]

Trav - I saw that one in Bunnings Fyshwick .. quick glance at it - while not perhaps 100% tung oil if it does job thats what matters .. are you / have you applied wax eg ubeat trad wax over it .. I was thinking of that ....


Does wax work ok with it - if you applied it.

[Trav]

Albert - I got it in Tuggeranong, but tis probably the same thing.

It looks pretty good - a reasonable shine and goes pretty hard once it 'sets'.

I bought a tub of traditional wax, but hvae not yet applied it. I'm going to let the table sit inside for a week or so before deciding whether to apply the wax - it is pretty satiny now, so it might be OK to leave it as is.

Does anyone have thoughts on whether waxing will be of any benefit?

Trav

[Zed]

theres plenty of tongue oil in canberra, just inside the door to parliment house If i remember correctly.

[Evan Pavlidis]

G'day Albert,

the tung oil sold at hardware stores is not 100% since most of them contain driers and some urethanes, notibly Feast Watson, Intergrain, wattyl.

The only 100% pure tung oil I know of and use is Liberon. They're in your neck of the woods in Canberra, but it is very expensive at $114 per litre but I swear by it; it takes 4-5 days to dry per coat and it is thick. I picked it up at the Melb woodworking show last year (October) and it hasn't gone off to this day.

I have also used Minwax tung oil which is a very good product on woodturnings and furniture items and came up really well; you can control the amount of sheen you require by the amount of coats you apply.

You can visit Liberon at www.liberon.com.au (http://liberon.com.au).

Cheers Evan

[Trav]

Albert

I checked the oil I used last night - it is a tung oil finish, not 100% oil.

It does look different to the finish I thought it would come out with, but I am pretty happy with it.

I'll see how it looks towards the end of the week and I'll decide then if I am going to bother waxing it.

I'll post a photo soon - perhaps if I can borrow a dig camera this weekend.

Trav

[numbat]

You can get the Organoil range from The Paint Place outlets in Phillip and Mitchell, from Monaro Timber in Fyshwick and also from what used to be Carbatec.

Cheers

[Baz]

Albert I have some Tung oil that I probably wont use, it's yours if you want it, PM me if you do.
Cheers
Barry

[numbat]

Albert - I bumped into Sean from Monaro Timbers today at Blue Dingo (ie Carbatec) and he was talking about putting tung oil onto timber at the moment. With the cold weather and the high humidity the finish went cloudy. If you can get the project into a warm area it might be a good idea - although I doubt the other half will ever forgive you as the smell is quite strong from the tung oil until it dries.

Cheers

[Trav]

good thinking numbat (or Sean). I deliberately held off my first cost of tung oil finish (not 100%) until is was reasonably dry and warm. No problems on my finish. Trav

[aabb]

Albert - I bumped into Sean from Monaro Timbers today at Blue Dingo (ie Carbatec) and he was talking about putting tung oil onto timber at the moment. With the cold weather and the high humidity the finish went cloudy. If you can get the project into a warm area it might be a good idea - although I doubt the other half will ever forgive you as the smell is quite strong from the tung oil until it dries.

Cheers
Probably by time i get round to actually finishing the project heat will be problem not the current cold !
thanks for advice
Albert