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Many choices,

Personally I prefer tung oil.

(Food grade & safe).

Coat every six months.

There are many oils that react with the tannins in oak badly causing staining.

Also many contain heavy metals and other nasty stuff.

Watch out for "boiled linseed oil" it not boiled. It's poisonous.

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Many choices,

Personally I prefer tung oil.

(Food grade & safe).

Coat every six months.

There are many oils that react with the tannins in oak badly causing staining.

Also many contain heavy metals and other nasty stuff.

Watch out for "boiled linseed oil" it not boiled. It's poisonous.

Good luck

 

 

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Also linseed will make it go very dark. Used some left over boiled linseed on a douglas fir table its now near black :thumbdown:

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A lot of things won't be brilliant outside (unless specifically for exterior use), and you might end up using loads of very expensive finish on a big board.

 

 

A clear decking oil is very good on large outside jobs and you can afford to be pretty generous with the stuff.

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I found with oak your better off doing nothing. Inevitably you won't sand it back and oil it frequently enough (no insult to you, just that it takes alot of work) and eventually when it starts to look black oiled wood looks alot worse than the grey/silver that untreated oak goes. Also oiling oak will do little to stop it splitting as it will still dry out.

 

Horizontal surfaces with sitting water are always going to attract blackstaining/mold. In past have tried many tung oils, osmo oil, decking oils, with pre fungicide treatment, and on horizontal oak where water will sit, have found the results poor.

 

 

 

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I found with oak your better off doing nothing. Inevitably you won't sand it back and oil it frequently enough (no insult to you, just that it takes alot of work) and eventually when it starts to look black oiled wood looks alot worse than the grey/silver that untreated oak goes. Also oiling oak will do little to stop it splitting as it will still dry out.

 

Horizontal surfaces with sitting water are always going to attract blackstaining/mold. In past have tried many tung oils, osmo oil, decking oils, with pre fungicide treatment, and on horizontal oak where water will sit, have found the results poor.

 

 

 

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I agree with this unless you are really committed to constant retreating and put it away for the winter.

Then I would use osmo uv protection oil.

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