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one more question: if the surface is already sanded down pretty smooth with the tung oil (400 grit wet sanded with the oil), how should I prep the surface before adding a wipe-on varnish, such as PL...

Thanks for clarifying. Would you recommend P&L 38 for a surface that gets a fair amount of use?

So just to clarify (because I don't know much about varnishes), is a arm-r-seal a varnish? I had also read about a product called Pratt and Lambert 38 varnish, and that sounded like it didn have...

Yes, I realize that the downside of a poly film finish is that damage will look worse. Currently with the tung oil only it looks gorgeous, but even a slight amount of water leaves white spots on the...

I am considering applying a wipe-on poly finish over counters finished with several coats of pure tung oil. The oil has been rubbed in and the surface smoothed with 4-0 steel wool. It looks...

Thanks for the reply. The point about protection from water is interesting--I have heard both sides on this. I spoke to a woodworker who runs a local business and he told me that he has wooden...

I'm using tung oil for the first time and could use some advice. My project is to finish some walnut countertops. I have read a number of discussions online about methods for finishing with tung oil,...

I have posted on my steep waterlox learning curve in another thread, but this is a more general question, so I'm asking it here:

if I am concerned that an "unfinished" wood product bought from a...

good to know that there may be a problem with these rubber feet that I need to watch out for in the future.

but I'm also suspecting now that something may have been wrong with the butcher-block...

so here's another quandary: after letting the last coat dry for 2.5 days, I went to give a final light sanding (600 grit paper this time) before the final coat, and it seemed like the coat *still*...

excellent information. Thanks, everyone. I'll give the 600 grit a try, and the wet sanding doesn't sound too daunting now. Because I was having trouble with the witness lines from oversanding with...

Steve, thanks for the detailed write up! I had to travel for work and am just getting back to reading your post. I'm a little wary of trying the wet-sand technique because that sounds more technical,...

oh, right. important clarification. thanks! do you have any advice for how I can deal with the counter on which I sanded with too large of a grit that now has squiggle marks from the OS?

thanks for your responses. Jim, I mentioned at the beginning of my post that it is waterlox original. It is not the low VOC version.

Prashun, sanding with heavy grit and then refinishing sounds...

after reading about a dozen posts on here about waterlox, I've learned a lot, but I have some remaining questions.

I am in the middle of a project to finish birch butcher-block counter tops for a...