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Originally Posted by Gogar View Post
I'm beginning to think that I used the "polymerized' kind of stuff that you don't want. It was "Gillespie" IIRC.

Yep, just looked, and gillespie "tung oil" is actually a 1:1 "Wiping Varnish."
Yeah, apparently most things that are advertised as tung oil aren't. Most don't even have tung oil in them but are varnish and linseed oil or some other similar mix.

I hate deceptive marketing.
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