Tung Oil

[Stormer1940]

Hi,

I have a customer who want's a front door and frame made from Euro Oak. He says that he wants the door to silver over time. Normally I would suggest using Osmo UV protection but as seen as the silvering is caused by sun weathering I'm looking for a different finish to use to give the natural look but have a weather resistant finish on. I was thinking about using Tung oil. Will tung oil be sufficient to use?

 

[deema]

Hi, I have made an English oak door and windows that are finished in Tung oil. They are two year old, North and West facing and still the same colour as when they were first installed. No hint of silver inn.

 

[Stormer1940]

Thanks for the reply. I have told him that it will take time to silver. I think it probably needs a little more time than 2 years to silver. I think the key is to use a finish that doesn't incorporate any UV protection though. Just wanted to clarify that tung oil is ok to use on a exterior door and the desired effect will be achieved after time.

 

[yetloh]

If he wants it to silver over time, I would suggest that the best finish is no finish at all. In an exposed position any finish on oak will be quite short lived and many ancient buildings have that lovely silver quality and have never had any finish applied to them.

Jim

 

[andersonec]

This so called 'silvering' is all well and good but does he know that all sorts of sharp grain will be raised (his wife had better watch out when she is wearing her nice dress neat it) and the door will turn into a rough and coarse piece of wood when it does finally go a nasty off grey colour and very likely warp and bend because of the ingress of water.
I cannot see the point in using Oak or other types of very nice timbers for a front door only to let it discolour and spoil the effect the wood was used for in the first place, I suppose it saves an hours work every few years or so.

Andy

 

[Stormer1940]

This so called 'silvering' is all well and good but does he know that all sorts of sharp grain will be raised (his wife had better watch out when she is wearing her nice dress neat it) and the door will turn into a rough and coarse piece of wood when it does finally go a nasty off grey colour and very likely warp and bend because of the ingress of water.
I cannot see the point in using Oak or other types of very nice timbers for a front door only to let it discolour and spoil the effect the wood was used for in the first place, I suppose it saves an hours work every few years or so.

Andy

The customer was one that seemed to think he knew more than you. I sent him a quote and also chased him up but looks like he is to ignorant to even acknowledge receiving the quote. He even thought that it was a good idea to set a lock inline with the middle rail meaning eating away at the tenon :shock: