[masraum]

Originally Posted by gregpark

Ok, I think 8's enough. This is 8 coats of Tung oil. You need to wait 24 hours between coats 1 and 3 but for all of the following coats I do 2 per day. (It dries much faster after the initial couple coats) Hard to see in the crappy phone pic but it starts to give depth and look like clear plastic. It's fairly hard now but doesn't fully cure for about a month. Tung oil comes from the Tung tree

8 coats looks great!

Originally Posted by Zeke

Looks fantastic.

Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) did a vid on tung oil and said most were not very good and some not even genuine. You have to had found the good stuff. I'd like to get some.

You can get real tung here https://www.realmilkpaint.com/

Originally Posted by gregpark

You can find pure Tung oil. Minwax Tung oil is mixed with varnish but i think still produces a beautiful hard finish

I was wondering if yours was one of the mixes.

Originally Posted by rwest

Made 3 sets of veneer sheets that match: one for the top, one for inside the lid and the other for the bottom- just in case anyone looks underneath!

I sand the sheet edges in pairs to get a straight edge on this sanding shoot board I made that lets me get a straight line while running angled aluminum with stick on sandpaper on it.

Wow, fantastic. I can't wait to see once you get the pieces out of the vacuum and put together!