I just finished an end grain cutting board. This was my first attempt at cutting boards and it turned out beautiful. I used purpleheart, rosewood, walnut, cherry, sapale, and a few other exotics. As I said it turned out beautiful. I made a mineral oil and beeswax concoction to put on it, but first I drenched it with straight mineral oil. That darkened the whole project. It stills looks good, but not as brilliant as it did before I conditioned it.
Did I do something wrong, or is this just the nature of using mineral oil?