I'm making a fireplace mantle out of cherry to match the kitchen cupboards. My sample board had BLO with Deft Danish Oil (a Tung oil/poly product from Lee Valley) on top--it looked like a close match. I also made a sample with the Deft only--I thought it looked good enough. Now that its on (two coats) its not dark enough and looks a little flat. Obviously I should have stuck with the BLO.
Does anyone see any problems in topcoating the Deft with BLO and then recoating with the Deft for protection?? I really don't want to have to handplane and sand the Danish oil off!
One of the reasons I was happy to leave out the BLO was concerns about darkening (particularly since the cherry will darken on its own)--does anyone have any experience with BLO on cherry darkening faster than just the Danish oil??
thanks!
Glen