Originally Posted by
Marvin Hasenak
If the Danish oil melts the grease binders, the grease is then included with your Danish oil, that compromises your finish. The grease doesn't evaporate, in fact some of it will be stuck in the pores of some woods. The grease mixes with your Danish oil, so that you are now apply a grease Danish oil mix.
I make game calls, they are nor shelf sitters, I tried the buff of raw wood. The finish wear off a lot faster than finishing raw wood. Some of my duck calls will be out in the mud and water environment everyday during the season. On the test calls I did, I had to refinish all at least once during the season. some of them twice in one season.