Can You Buff A Tung Oil Finish? 

Master painter, been painting since 1986. If you can find a carton of "rotten stone" you can buff any rubbed finish. Use brand new high quality boiled linseed oil and a very clean very soft clothe cotton linens I think some guys used silk. Like not the shiny silk but I guess it's called "raw silk" not sure. You barely dab the cloth In the linseed oil then touch it to the rotten stone and then it's all about tiny circles, wax on, wax off Danielsohn. It goes on easy but the tiny circles take some time but buffing it off takes fooooor evvvvvverrrrr. If you have ever prayed for patience, just get a job polishing a vintage, clouded up, white, Steinway grand piano. Oh my friends, at the end of the job *cough*(2weeks later)*cough* you will have achieved a level of stillness only known to the most enlightened of Eastern mystics and Yogis. Either that or you will have closed the garage door with the car running and shuffled off these mortal coils because goin through life completely mad didn't seem fair to the people around you.😀

I started using Tung oil in high school. Then later used it om my jewelry boxes. I was able to get a fantastic shine by wet sanding it into the wood, which kind of acts like a grain filler, if the pores aren't too big. I did 3-4 light coats this way then then eliminated the sanding and started hand buffing between them. After about 8-10 coats the project started looking really fantastic!

Nice work! I just finished a project involving a piece of 100 yr-old walnut.. I started with a thinned boiled linseed oil for the first few coats, and sanding in the finish to fill the pores. I then finished up with around five coats of tru oil, with a light polish with 0000 steel wool between coats. The finish and depth of the wood grain is fantastic, it just pops! I have allergies myself, so I used gloves and a mask, but once the oil had hardened, I haven't had any type of reaction to the oil finish.

The polished finish turned out great, and suits that beautiful guitar.

Beautiful work , that guutar is amazing !!!! Working on mine right now and thank you for the video very helpful .

What a beautiful guitar! my respects for the fantastic finish 👏

Based on the first video where you talked about Sutherland Welles Tung Oil, I purchased a pint to first experiment on a maple board. That went very well. Then I began the process with a new AAA flame maple neck from Warmoth. It is looking fantastic now. I am following the directions and the full cure time of ~30 days before installing the neck and playing the guitar. These videos were vital to my understanding about the right product for the finish I really wanted. (AMAZING) I have used Tru Oil on 2 other necks, but it is nothing like the S W Tung oil! A big Thank You to you and your channel!!

I am using their Murdoch's Uralkyd 500 gloss finish on an acoustic build I'm working on. It's good stuff! Just a few more coats and then I'll level sand and buff it up. Can't wait to see the finished result.

While I’m not a guitar builder I very much appreciate the depth that you have gone into with the Sutherland Welles product. I’ve been working with the Murdoch’s line and trying to dial it in. This was extremely helpful! Thanks.

This satin sheen is beautiful!

Yes!!! I buffed a waterlox finish and it worked great! 😊

Great job 👍

Saved video

I think adding Dye to tung oil can be interesting. I think it is good idea for maple fingerboards. Do you try it ?

thank you . yup i used a tung oil from box store on a 60 + white oak desk . i pore filled the top and put about 8 coats of the tung oil. sanding between coats . last coat i used Maguire's scratch remover and a soft cloth . i got a 1/2 mile shine . my mistake is i should of finished the top with a better protector . oh it looked great too .

Wow!

Quick question... Would 8oz of the PTO be enough for 10-12 thin coats on a single guitar body? I can't wait to try this in my basement.. The 2k poly I've been using (not in my basement) is D.E.A.D.L.Y.

Nice thing about Tung Oil is that it's forgiving, relatively non-toxic, and when initially applied with sandpaper or scotchbrite becomes a dense grain filler... Does Polymerized Tung Oil behave similarly? I suspect it's a good topcoat after the initial saturation and curing with pure tung oil is complete.

Hi ,great video, thank you for the tutorial, my question is can you clear coat over this tung oil ,or is it not necessary? Thank you ,awesome guitar!

I am so stoked to try the tung oil on this 7 string Agile I found for a song at the pawn shop a while back. I experimented with sanding the neck up to 2500 with some foam automotive sanding pad and just the raw sanded wood feels like glass. I bought a bottle of pure unpolymerized tung oil before I heard about the polymerized stuff from you. Will save that for furniture. I'm completely aware that sanding the naked wood up to 2500 (or 3000?!) is wildly unnecessary but could that cause issues at all? Only thing I can think of is that after a point the surface of the wood won't have enough tooth for the finish to bond well.

In your older videos you were using Linseed oil, mineral spirits and oil based poly in equal parts. What is the differences between that and this Southerland Wells Tung oil as far as feel, finish and application?

Amazing! Looks beautiful!! Did you sand between coats to build up the finish for adhesion purposes? Or is that step unnecessary when working with polymerized tung oil?

I prefer satin sheen over gloss.

So the video shows you used low sheen oil this time? I ordered high sheen from your neck video because I’m refinishing my guitars and sanding the necks to fit my hands better So I’m headed to ace to get sand paper But I just ordered the high sheen Should I order the low sheen ?

Thank you for your tips. One question. Is it ok if I apply Tung Oil on blue stained body, rather to clear it with nitro? I there the possibility that the stain I applied in advance gets removed and mixed up with the oil causing a mess? Hope my question makes sense. Greetings from France

Beautiful work. Sorry if I missed it but was this the high luster or low luster oil?

What would you use to 'fill the grain' on quilted maple? (prior to using a sealer)

Hey, I really like your videos! My question is, can I use a hard wax oil finish over a water based dye? I’m very new to finishing but I have a nice figured maple top that I’d like to colour with dye and then use Osmo wax oil finish over top of it but I don’t know if that will work. Or would tung oil work over a water based dye?

Will Southerland Wells polymerized Tung Oil amber the wood like Tru Oil?

Hi! Can someone tell me if it could be a good idea to do an oil finish like this in a 100% Wengué neck with their frets already installed?. I will use True Oil like I did in the Okoume body (so beautiful results). But my doubts were because of the open and big grain I see in this Wengué neck and because the sanding process could be so difficult with all the frets there.

How long did you wait after the last coat before buffing it?

What type of sealer would you use under the tung oil?

Have you ever used Odie's oil?

Anyone getting a bit of a Dana Carvey vibe? 😂

If you did want to use a grain filler and sealer to go for a high gloss shine w/ the polymerized tung oil, what product would you use? Specifically curious about the sanding sealer.

If your tung oil finish is matte you didn't apply it right. You hear this claim because people put it on too thick. Put on a really thin coat, and after an hour wipe off as much as you can. Let it dry at least 24 hours and repeat for a few more coats. It will not be matte.