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Originally Posted by todeen
What was the finish that you used? Lemon Oil? My grandma made homemade finish of turpentine and tung oil. It's quite potent, but my mother and uncle swear by it. Every time I'm doing a wood product I hear, "Once a year grandma would open all the doors and windows and apply a new coat on the kitchen table."
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Just linseed oil and a lot of steel wool between coats. The wood was so old/dry the first couple coats dried really quickly.
I used goo gone to easily remove what was left of the old cloth black tape on the handle.