Hello all,
I'm building a new Roubo style workbench and it's coming along fine so far. I'll be wanting to protect the top and other surfaces and I'm wondering what some of you might suggest? My last bench I built I used I believe was Watco's Danish oil. It worked well but yellowed over time. (I know its the nature of oil) I was hoping there might have been some advances in oils that might not yellow with age. As I write this I'm thinking I'm sounding silly asking for an oil that will not yellow. I know hard maple will oxidize and the walnut will look great as it ages but I'm hoping to slow the process. I know if I use a water based urethane that would do the trick but then it's urethane on a work bench and I can't see that as a good thing for later down the road when you want to flatten the top again and so on. Maybe that's not too bad if you only have to re-sand the top and then flatten it? I just can't see using WB urethane. Possibly on the lower areas it might work.
If you have an opinion please post it here, I'm sure others would like to hear of options that are available
best regards
Ben