Category: Woodwork Finishing

When it comes to wood staining, you have many different options. I recently had this problem of choosing between oil-based or water-based stains, and whether you can even mix different types of...

If you love the appearance that odies oil gives a wooden surface, you might wonder if you can give your previously tung-coated projects an odie's oil top-up. I have tried putting odies oil over...

It is often said that a human spends a third of his life sleeping. I believe a woodworker spends a third of his working life sanding! At least that's how the past 20 years have been for me. And one...

If you've been researching food-safe finishes, you've probably seen Tung oil mentioned a few times. After all, it seeps deep into the wood and doesn't sit on the surface. I needed a good food-safe...

Sanding is an important factor in woodwork to ensure you get a good finish. Lately, I have heard people suggesting to sand after applying stain which is contrary to what I do so I decided to...

As I've written elsewhere, Linseed oil is one of my favorite dry finishes. The first time around, I had my doubts about its strength and applicability, but my biggest concern was its smell. Upon...