Finishing Jarrah and Huon Pine

[B Jones]

I am designing a display cabinet where I am using Huon Pine veneer (birds eye burl) door panels with Jarrah as the frame that will go around the door panels, make up the legs, the sides and top of the cabinet. I will also put some plain Huon Pine veneer on the side of the cabinet with again the Jarrah frame around the outside.

I don't know what finish to use but I am after a clear finish that will change the colour of wood exactly like water does and will have a similar shine to the one shown on this website damnfinefurniture

[LGS]

Hi B. Jones, from "Damn Fine Furniture"

I use Organoil Hard Burnishing Oil a lot, as well as Wattyl Scandinavian Oil and Sceney's Pure Tung Oil. For the best return for the least effort, I suggest you use the Wattyl Pure Teak (Scandinavian) Oil Use it as per this method. Post #65 in that thread shows a piece of Birds Eye Huon done the same way, just with Tung Oil instead of Wattyl Oil. Make sure you use the Wattyl product. Some others have ingredients which gum up the sanding pads and ruin the slurry that will form. The finish should give you radiant heat and liquid (hot and cold) resistance.
Try it on a piece of Jarrah first and see how it goes. I'd like to hear what you think.

Regards,

Rob

[Scott]

Just remember, in time, Huon Pine will yellow and give off it's oil content. The oil content of Huon is quite high. I would get some Feast Watson "Proofseal" which seals the Huon and will keep it's white colour over time. It takes about 15 minutes to apply and dry and you can put your favourite finish over the top without the oil ruining the finish. Saying that, the finish would have to be some sort of polyurethane.

That "Dame Fine Furniture" guy is everywhere, hey?

[Scott]

Product description for Proofseal here:

Proofseal | Sealer For Flooring And Oily Timbers.

[B Jones]

Thank you so much guys I will be sure to try out these finishes. I haven't built the project yet I'm just designing every aspect first so I will hopefully get some test pieces soon.