Osmo oil not drying

[Ian]

Anyone experienced problems with osmo hardwax oil not drying?

The wood type is African blackwood and the first coat went on and was left overnight, it was dry to the touch and I applied a second coat but that hasn't dried and its been 2 days. Its still oily to the touch.

I followed the instructions and applied a very light coat.

I thought it might be the wood due to it being very dense but other than that I'm stuck.

Hope someone can help

Ian

 

[jasonB]

As with any oil, did you wipe off any excess after about 10mins, any left on the surface will just go sticky

Jason

 

[Ian]

Yes any excess oil was removed.

 

[JonnyD]

For exotic woods osmo reccomend polyx oil extra thin which is supposed to penetrate oily or dense woods. This could be your problem. Details can be found on the 2nd page here http://www.osmouk.com/sheets/polyxcolourless.pdf

Jon

 

[Ian]

yes I think that is it, many thanks.

Ian

 

[wizer]

I wonder if the standard stuff can be thinned

 

[Boz62]

The Fiddes Hard Wax Oil equivalent can be thinned with White Spirits. Might be worth a try with the Osmo?

Boz

 

[Woodfinish Man]

Osmo Polyx is definitely thinned with White Spirit. I think we've estimated that the extra thin Osmo Oil has approximately 20% white spirit added.

Ian