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    Quote Originally Posted by calabrese55 View Post
    You can make you own wipe on finish pretty simply. The formula is approximately 40 % poly varnish gloss or satin the brushing kind + 40% tung oil lastly 20 percent mineral spirits.
    Yep - that's the basic mix for danish oil, and I use something similar (but BLO instead of Tung Oil, and a 1:1:1 mix).
    I like it because it gives very consistent results, no dust nibs to sand off between coats, leaves a nice feel, and you can do as many coats as you want until you get the desired finish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by D.W. View Post
    Question - when you talk about turpentine in Australia, is it a hydrocarbon product or something distilled from pine resin?

    I was under the impression that "real" turpentine is hard to come by there.
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    You can buy both. Diggers brand is available at the big Green store. The distilled one, it’s called Turpentine Pure Gum and the other Mineral Turpentine.
    I remember the distilled version came with all sorts of health warnings

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