what finnishing product

[gobbypunk]

Hi guys I am making a large walnut dinning table It is going to get bashed about a bit what would you polish it with ,wax is out as it would not last long looking good I hate varnish so what product would you all advise ,Many Thanks

Cheers mark

[sandspider]

Osmo oils (e.g poly x) have a good reputation.Never used them myself though...

[Ukulian]

Tru oil is pretty good on walnut. Made for gunstocks, but I have used it on a number of different items with satisfying outcomes, it wears pretty well and is easy to touch up/re-finish.

[slackbladder]

Another vote for Osmo

wood protector followed by poly x oil

[se7enthdevil]

osmo is a good solution but i think in this case that lots of coats of danish will give you a really good tough finish and keep adding one every 6 month and it will just get tougher.

[bobh]

Got a similar question, (was going to post this evening but as its been brought up).

Making an elm burr coffee table to go in a holiday cottage, so will be used by different people each week some of whom won't care if they mark the table or not.

What finish would you recommend? I've looked at the osmo site and top oil seems to Bethe one they recommend, what do you guys think.

I guess the answers are the same as above though.

[se7enthdevil]

i gave an elm coffee table a few coats of danish and the nephews have put it through its paces and its still fairly unscathed after 5-6 years.

 

depends on the fluid i suppose? the boys like apple and orange juice which are acidic and it's stood up to those.

 

can always be sanded down and resurfaced if its trashed.

 

i've not used osmo that much but slackbladder will be able to tell you the best stuff for it.

[Woodworks]

It's almost always a trade off between beauty and toughness with wax at one end and varnish at the other. I have never found a magic product but have found the drying oils like Danish oil to be the best compromise. Personal fave is Liberon finishing oil. The more coats the better protection but the down side is it will have a glossier appearance. Used the Liberon oil on our walnut worktops and it has proved very tough but I used it very generously so the appearance is more like varnish. The nicest result I have had with varnish is an oil based yacht varnish heavily thinned down but this is probably the same as a thick coat of oil.

 

This is English walnut with Liberon finishing oil