Clear satin finish for wooden bath??

[Manuka Jock]

Used to have long wooden wash troughs, with 4 big sections, made out of NZ Kauri, never leaked, never sealed with anything and always looked clean. Also had a couple of horse troughs that were originally baths made from kauri. Can't ever remember them leaking either did have a lining of green slime though.

Back in the 50's my grand parents in Singleton used to have something similar that us kids were bathed in on the massive kitchen table.

Yep , those old kauri tubs , I remember them from my childhood too.
The wood use to fur up a bit , and have a whitish look when dry , from the soap I 'spose.
It was not an attractive look .
They still pop up once in a while in old cottages .
No idea how they did the timber joins tho .