I made a cutting board for a client and she's now asked me to "refinish" (strip, sand and finish) a 4'x8' solid wood island in her kitchen. No problem, right?
Well..... she moved into her house 6 months ago and because she "loves" her giant kitchen island, she's been rubbing Old Master's 100% Tung Oil on it "once a week whether it needs it or not."
She's very sweet and well intentioned, obviously, but her island is SLIMY with Tung Oil. It's beyond saturated. How can I remove this amount of tung oil? Wash it with turpentine? DNA?
Or am I better off spending some quality time with a card scraper? I know if I took a sander to it, the paper would gum up instantly....
here's the product she's been rubbing on it:
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Any any thoughts on cleaning up this mess to get to bare wood?
TIA!