Thread: Help with a High Gloss Tung Oil finish

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

The reality of tung oil is,it is a dinosaur product,Like spar varnish,shellac,linseed oil,real lacquer,none of which are applicable to wet environs.
If you work with real hardwoods,ebony, lignum,the dalbergias (rosewoods) the exotics like snakewood and such,they are so hard and have high oil contents,you need no finish other than maybe some renwax, or perhaps a pure carnauba.
finish them to a high grit and polish them,they will have a luster that cannot be had with coatings,you do not need that stuff to get the real beauty of hardwoods,is like putting makeup on a hog,JMO

Right on the money there about the hard woods. I used to be a piper.Bagpipes are made of african blackwood which is very hard and dense.Some of the other pipers I knew were always inclined to oil their pipes for fear of cracking and warping in colorado climate, I never did and I never had a crack or warp ever. a little wax and let the wood show it's beauty.