Quote Originally Posted by bighit View Post
Why is it called ‘Danish’ Oil?


They don't use varnish in their 's but others do.

Their shop here. http://tungoil.co.uk/shop/danish-oil-250ml/
Yep, I was going to post the same. Most Danish oils are more of an oil based wipe on varnish that will create a surface film, which you don't really want if you're after an oil finish look.

I have used the bestwood oil and can confirm it is good stuff. You can actually smell the tung oil and not just the resins etc in the likes of Rustins.

I used tru oil on my last stock and that actually came out very nice. I wet sanded the first coat to fill the grain, then put a good few coats on and used the conditioning cream stuff to get a satin finish rather than gloss, then a coat of wax and it looks great. Although tru oil is another surface finish, its at least very hard compared to 'danish' oil, so will hold up much better.