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Can you "polish" wood furniture that is finished with Danish oil.?

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

I make furniture and have polished oil-finished pieces before and I want some outside opinions. I want to build up a shiny finish that looks "wet" without using laquer, frenck polish, etc. Is there a way to do this???

If a piece is already oil finished , you could build somewhat of a shine , but not a high wet looking finish without going to lacquers etc.
There are some oil finishes that can be built up to something of a gloss.
A few ways to go……
Minwax Tung Oil finish is pretty good.
Highly refined oils( Damn near varnish) are used to build up finishes on gunstocks.
Marine varnishes can give a high shine.
Hinckleys is pricey but good stuff. Even hardware store spar varnishes like Mc Kloskeys can give a good shine.
Oil based marine finishes can be applied to previously oil finished wood after a basic cleaning w’ a solvent.
A natural finish guy & thats my best shot.
Best regards