Anyone know where we can buy "Tung Oil" in Cabo San Lucas area?
If not Tung Oil any other suggestions.DENNIS - 2-4-2009 at 09:57 AM
What's the problem? Is your tung squeeking?karenintx - 2-4-2009 at 10:22 AM
Restoring an older dining set that needs "help".longlegsinlapaz - 2-4-2009 at 01:19 PM
Dunno about Cabo, but I searched La Paz for several months for naught. Finally asked a friend driving from LA to bring me Tung oil. One other
product I did find here in Ace hardware I feel is an acceptable substitute is "Ace Great Finishes"...an oil-based wood stain with a sealer in it. It
comes in different stain colors & the can is reminiscent of a Min-Wax product. Brings the natural beauty of the wood to life & has a soft
gloss rather than the brilliant glare that's so popular here. I striped one piece down to bare wood & started over, but plan to hit some other
pieces with a little sandpaper & then brush or rub in & wipe off excess after a few minutes of penetration, to restore overall appearance.
You might want to try a little of the Ace product on an inconspicuous area to see if you like how it looks.karenintx - 2-4-2009 at 01:29 PM
Thanks longlegsinlapaz...we are headed to Ace.
Tung oil
bonanza bucko - 2-4-2009 at 07:52 PM
Tung oil never dries! If you want to use it on furniture you need polymerized tung oil which comes in a lot of off the shelf wood finishes. Just go
the home center or hardware store and look at the labels.
If you put pure tung oil on anything it will be tacky until you are 1200 years old. The Chinese used it to seal up wooden and bamboo boats five
thousand years ago and some of them are still wet!
It's good stuff but it ain't much use in its raw form.
If you remember what a gym floor smelled like when you went back to school in the fall you will know what the best tung oil finish smells like....it's
call WaterLox and you can order it on the net...see google. This stuff is hard as diamonds, beautiful to see and goes on with a rag.
I use it on $10,000.00 custom cabinets.oldlady - 2-4-2009 at 08:15 PM
What kind wood is it ? What kind of finish has it got and what kind of "help" are you trying to give it, i.e. what do you want to achieve?Barry A. - 2-4-2009 at 08:26 PM
I rub a hard-wood coffee table that lives in the desert with Tung oil every 3 years, or so, and it has never been "tacky" after applying. I put it on
with a tiny rag, and then wipe the excess off about 10 mins. later. It restores the texture of the wood, keeps it from drying out, and looks
beautiful after application----------I believe the secret is wiping off the excess fairly soon after application, and then giving it a good rub with a
clean rag about an hour after application. It shines right up with a satin-like finish that we really like.
The stuff I use is called "Tung Oil Finish" by MinWax.
Barrykarenintx - 2-4-2009 at 08:33 PM
The dining set is a rustic alder. I have used Tung Oil Finish before and was happy with the results. We already looked at Home Depot and a few other
places in CSL. Just wonders is there was something else we could use. Guess we will have to bring it down with us on the next trip.Alan - 2-4-2009 at 11:07 PM
Just make sure that you lay out flat any rags you use with it until you are confident they are dry. This stuff is really susceptible to spontaneous
combustion. Won't even try to guess how many fires I have been to as the result of people refinishing their cabinets.Hook - 2-5-2009 at 05:53 AM
Over here in Sonora, Mex., I am trying to find something to regularly treat the teak on my boat. Will tung oil work for this? I can get it at the Ace
in Hermosillo.Russ - 2-5-2009 at 06:34 AM
I've always liked Watco products. Here's a site with some info on their products: http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=5592&cs=76...
I make my own screen doors down here and found that if I first stain the pine with Minwax "Pickled Oak" (has a transparent white finish) and then the
hard finish product the pine doesn't yellow and looks pretty natural. Better than the yellow color after time. I only have a little pickled oak left
and haven't been able to find it anywhere. Sorry, haven't a clue where to buy wood finishing products down here.
Here's something like pickled oak: http://www.woodcraft.com/product.aspx?ProductID=85S18&Fa...
[Edited on 2-5-2009 by Russ]DENNIS - 2-5-2009 at 08:04 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by Russ
I've always liked Watco products.
Regarding teak upkeep...I was just going to say this.astrobaja - 2-6-2009 at 02:33 PM
Karen,
We did a fair bit of research into the tung oil thing, what we found was that many products have tung oil dilluted down by other things such as
petroleum distillates. Plus they are the same price per volume as pure tung oil. We bought ours via e-mail from this company; http://www.realmilkpaint.com/oil.html
Instead of using turpentine we bought citrus solvent through the same people mixed it 50/50 and 2 coats was enough for all our
lintils/machimbre/vigas. We did not find that it never dried, looks great too! Heres a pic of our living room with the viagas/lintils all oiled.
karenintx - 2-6-2009 at 03:34 PM
astrobaja,
Thanks for your info and the beautiful pics of your living room. This is just the advise I was hoping "a nomad" could help us with. Now if we can
just get it on the plane (via the cargo hole not carry on) on our next trip down.
Thanks again!Cypress - 2-6-2009 at 04:56 PM
Tung Oil? Put on Red Oak floors way back when. It dried.woody with a view - 2-6-2009 at 06:00 PM
