A 30-Minute Danish Oil Side Table Makeover

In June 2021, I revamped this facet desk in our breakfast room (at present used as a lounge), eradicating the desk’s heavy manufacturing unit end to show the pure wooden.

I meant to present all the pieces a protecting coat of my favourite nail polish, General Finishes High performance enamel with flat finish. However after almost two years, I nonetheless have not managed to present this desk a protecting coating. So naturally, the unprotected uncooked wooden prime confirmed indicators of wear and tear and tear.

In truth, I am glad I by no means put a transparent coat on this desk as a result of within the two years since I took the desk down, I’ve realized about two new merchandise for wooden – Rubio Monocoat Oil Plus 2C in Pure colorwhich is what I used for all of the walnut wooden in our grasp tub, and Watco Danish Oil in Dark Walnut, which is what I utilized in my Walnut WaterRower on the dwelling fitness center. The Rubio Monocoat is a transparent end, and the Danish oil on darkish walnut darkens the wooden. I made a decision to strive the Danish oil on the desk.

I am not 100% positive what that wooden is, though after I took the desk in 2021, many individuals appeared satisfied that the desk is product of cherry. So I wasn’t anticipating the colour to be deep and delightful like it’s on my walnut WaterRower. However I used to be pleasantly stunned by the colour. Here’s a take a look at the entrance of the desk earlier than the Danish oil was utilized…

And this is the drawer prime and a leg with the Danish oil.

The entire course of took me about half-hour. I utilized the Danish oil with a paper towel, let it sit for a couple of minutes, then wiped off the surplus with one other paper towel. It does not get any simpler than this! The oil gave the wooden a pleasant medium brown end. (Bonus factors in the event you spot my cat pictured beneath. 😀)

I’m very glad with the outcome. And now Matt can be completely satisfied that the desk prime has some safety, so let’s not utterly damage the desk. The colour goes very effectively with the wood blinds in the lounge.

The desk prime has a chunk of wooden that’s significantly lighter than the others in its pure coloration. It wasn’t as noticeable when the entire thing was a light-weight coloration, however now that it has been darker, that streak of sunshine on the sting of the desk prime reveals up much more. However I do not hassle with that. That is simply the character of actual wooden ending. Not all items can be completed in precisely the identical method.

I grew to become an enormous fan of Danish oil and Rubio Monocoat for pure oiled finishes. There’s such a pure magnificence in an oiled end versus a polyurethane end, and I discover myself on the lookout for extra alternatives to make use of oiled finishes. I am undecided how any of those would work on one thing like a eating room desk that’s used repeatedly. Once we handle to show this room again right into a breakfast room, and I can have a eating room desk right here once more, I may be tempted to discover a desk I can end myself to strive one among these merchandise on it.

Folks repeatedly ask me what end I’d suggest for eating tables, and as of now, Normal Finishes’ excessive efficiency end (which is a water-based polyurethane) is my hands-down favourite. However it will be good to search out an alternate end, and an oiled end may be a great possibility. I hope future Kristi has the chance to search out out! 😀

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