Treating oak

[DavidPallister]

Evening all

I'm currently sanding down an oak offcut to use as a mantel piece above our fire place

Any suggestions for what to use to treat the sanded oak to protect it/make it shiny etc??


Cheers

Dave

[clift_d]

Danish oil would be best.

[R0B]

Google is your friend.http://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/blo ... shing-oak/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[nicq]

We waxed our 7" x 7" oak mantel.

[DavidPallister]

Ta, just ordered some Fiddes hard wax oil

[lodgey62]

Most of my work is with English/European Oak,used to use boiled linseed oil changed to Blackfriers Danish oil years ago,I really recommend it.

[Mr Bean]

I Make stuff like long 1:1 scale thin stemmed wine glasses and similar from various timbers generating the software for down to 1 mm thin sections for my home converted CNC lathe. I use Beeswax applied with brush and a hot air gun. I probably wouldn't advise it for you job but I can achieve some nice effects by darkening different areas and the burned in beeswax prevents distortion over time
Cheers CS
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