Eric Jacobson
03-25-2010, 10:01 PM
I turned a birch bowl. Wiped on about 3 light coats of Watco Danish Oil. Waited 2 weeks. Ate a salad from it and washed it with soap and hot water. Then a knot formed and cracked through on the bottom about a day later. I filled in the crack with CA glue, sanded it back down where the glue was and noticed the sanded area looked drier and begged for some finish to match the rest of the bowl. So I wiped more Danish Oil into the sanded area and figured, what the heck, while I'm at it I may as well coat the whole bowl again.
The sanded area absorbed the Danish Oil and feels fine now. However, the rest of the bowl did not like the additional coat. It has turned into a gummy, sticky looking mess.
I think I learned my lesson...don't apply more Danish Oil after the initial coats dry. Was that my mistake?
And finally, is there an easy way to fix the gummy finish? Something like, wiping mineral spirits on it or just waiting long enough for it to dry out of the gummyness on it's own...what should I do?
The sanded area absorbed the Danish Oil and feels fine now. However, the rest of the bowl did not like the additional coat. It has turned into a gummy, sticky looking mess.
I think I learned my lesson...don't apply more Danish Oil after the initial coats dry. Was that my mistake?
And finally, is there an easy way to fix the gummy finish? Something like, wiping mineral spirits on it or just waiting long enough for it to dry out of the gummyness on it's own...what should I do?