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Unread 08-05-2013, 09:31 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Pete Lester View Post
Interestingly enough Formby's Tung Oil contains no Tung Oil.


"On the other hand, Formby’s, Zar, Gillespie, and Hope’s “Tung Oil Finish” are wiping varnish—nothing more than regular varnish to which mineral spirits has been added, thinning the varnish so that it can be wiped on. (You can make your own wiping varnish by thinning the varnish you already own 50/50 with mineral spirits.) As with the oil/varnish blends mentioned, none of these wiping varnishes contains so much as a drop of tung oil."

Formby’s Tung Oil Finish is an alkyd resin wiping varnish made with soya (soybean) oil. It contains absolutely no tung oil.

http://community.woodmagazine.com/t5...To-Do/ba-p/190


FYI, then before and after application:
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