Oil for Jarrah Dining Table

[kpphotos]

Hi

This is a long shot.

Many years ago there was a woodworking school in Fremantle (has since closed) and I used them to make a jarrah dinning table. I finished it with oil. The oil they supplied came in a bottle with no label. I do have some left but I'm not sure what it is.

The oil itself is yellowish in colour and looks like it has a fatty residue in the bottom, it smells fatty, maybe lard.

The table has a very smooth finish, I can't rule out if I did a great job on the sanding or whether it was the oil that produced the finish. Water doesn't seem to penerate the surface and will bead when you wipe it.

So if there is anyone who knows who may have worked there or any ideas of what it might be, I'm hoping it's not a speacial mix. I had one person say it might be Livos Oil but they where not sure and they didn't seem to really know their stuff so to speak.

Well here's hoping

Thanks

[AngelaPetruzzi]

Hi Kpphotos,
Just came across your post.

It could well be Livos and if it is in a bottle with no label it could have been decanted from a larger container. Livos oils have been sold from a Fremantle store for well over 20 odd years and has several woodworkers/furniture makers use it..and still do. The fatty residue could be the waxes that are heavier than the oil and if it smell like lard, it could be off. Because Livos do not use any synthetic preservatives, if there was oxygen in the bottle, it would be off. If you need it now, it is still available in Fremantle and the oil to use now on tables would be the Kunos countertop oil #243. this is not only food safe however also heat resistant to 50 degrees. Hope that is of assistance.

[kpphotos]

Hi

Thanks for that, I'll check that out.

Cheers