toddlers chair

[ballymac]

I have carved a small chair out of a lump of elm I had lying about after a job. It's a bit rough round the edges, well more accuately rough round where the seat joins the sides and back but I'm not too bothered as its my first attempt and intended as a gift for one of my nephews.

I have sanded and cleaned it down ready for some kind of treatment. I have some beeswax and some boiled linseed oil in the shed and was wondering which would be best to treat it with? Or should I venture into homebase and try and pick up something else? The chair will be for inside use only.

Thanks for any advice in advance:001_smile:

[Dan Earp]

Colron natural finishing oil, ive been whittling a bunch of hearts in different types of wood and this really brings out the natural grain. You can buff it aswell for a more polished looked

[Ian Leach]

Boiled linseed oil will be fine, a few coats. Beeswax is also good but you'll need a lot of it.

 

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[wisewood]

Decking oil is good

[ballymac]

Thanks for the replies. Going to put a couple of coats of boiled linseed oil on it now as I have it to hand. Will post up a photo later when its done.

Cheers

[ballymac]

It came out a wee bit darker than I thought it would but overall pretty happy with something that otherwise would have ended up on the fire. Reckon I spent about 5 or 6 hours in total on it and my very basic tool list was stihl 260, angle grinder with abrasive attachment, sandpaper and linseed oil.

[Pat Ferrett]

Thats got a real comfy look about it

[GeeSaw]

Nice one ballymac thats a cool lil seat

[breffni]

That looks really good mate. Where in donegal are ya?

[ballymac]

Thanks to all for the comments

@breffni - based in letterkenny but only a donegal blow-in as originally from enniskillen. You based soomewhere around sligo?