i've turned a lot of walnut, but never any wet. I've learned that the wet shavings really stain your lathe bed and bottoms of your tool rest and tailstock. When I was trimming off the corners, I set the cutoffs on the table saw. Mistake! The metal table stained also. The way I removed the stain was to spray with WD40 and rub with a scouring pad (non-metal type). Probably everyone on this forum knew that wet oak shavings stain except me. .