WALRUS OIL - 100% Pure Tung Oil, Wood Finish for Any Woodworking Project, Natural, Vegan, Food-Safe. 16oz Jug

Great quality oil for my wood burnings. It applies very well and can make as dark as you want. It dries pretty quick, used it for more then a couple pieces I did from the bottle I purchased and still have over half left.

Great product and works as promised.

This is my first time using pure tung oil which is extracted from tung tree seeds. Since this product is 100% natural tung oil and I don't have any seed allergies I ordered this to revive and maintain my many cutting boards. This oil did make all of the boards look beautiful. The product is very thick, like pancake syrup and does not get soaked up at the rate that some other wood oils do. I does take quite a while to seep in and remains a bit tacky even after 24 hours. In fact, after ordering this product I see that there is a Walrus Oil product marketed for cutting boards and is a different formulation so I will also be ordering that. I am not unhappy with this for cutting boards but I don't think this is exactly ideal for frequent kitchen maintenance of daily used boards, but more for aesthetic purposes in amplifying your woods character. Experimenting with the cutting board application turned my attention to an old family butcher block kitchen table that looked neglected (because it was). I applied the Walrus tung oil to that table and it now looks so much better and the wood is in much better condition. I am going to continue applying to that same table every few weeks as it seems from my use so far that this oil should be applied slow and steady and trying to shove more oil into the grain fibers faster than it can slowly absorb will just waste the product. The quickest absorption is during the first coat and subsequent coats get taken in much more gradually. I am very happy with this natural 100% tung oil product.

I made the mistake of spilling a bit of isopropyl alcohol on my dining table, and though I dabbed it up immediately, it still left a cloudy white haze. Since this table is second hand, I have no idea what its original finish was, but decided to try this 100% tung oil on my damaged table to see if it helped. And boy did it! This oil applied super easy and immediately remedied the milky haze. No foul odor, too! On initial application, it really helped bring out the color of the wood and made it quite shiny. It has been a couple weeks and the luster has decreased, but the haze has not returned—though tung oil takes a long time to fully cure, so I still have a while to go before I know what it will look like for good and see how durable it is. I look forward to using it on woodworking projects in the future, too!

I have used a wide variety of wood finishes over the past forty years, including tung oil-based products. The attached photo shows this bottle of Walrus Oil to the right of two very old containers of Minwax and Formby Tung ‘Finish’ I have lying around. Formby’s is no longer available but I thought it might still be worth including in this comparison test. While the Walrus product is advertised as pure tung oil, the Formby’s container says that it includes other unspecified additives. The Minwax product also describes itself as a ‘finish’ but is quiet about what else besides Tung oil it might contain. I found out more about the additives with an online search and was not happy about what I read. Additives might improve the product but it would be nice to know what you are getting and what percentage of the contents is actual tung oil, so this is a major advantage for the Walrus product. The Minwax and Formby’s containers are full of hazard warnings but tung oil itself is not considered hazardous so the danger is due to those additives, another advantage of the Walrus product.To test their relative performance, I applied three coats of each product to a piece of walnut and a piece of Birdseye maple. The results are shown in the photo. The Walrus Tung oil provides significantly more sheen than the Minwax to the walnut; the results on the Birdseye maple are closer. The Formby’s lagged far behind, perhaps because of its age. You do need to allow the specified 24 hours of drying time, or more. There are other pure Tung oil products available but I don’t have any and they are likely no better than this Walrus Oil Tung oil. One more thing I should add is that I really appreciate the screw-on/off lid of this oil compared to the annoying caps on the others.

No walruses were harmed to make this oil. Tung oil is, not so surprisingly, pressed from a tung nut (a tree nut). It has been used for wood finishing for quite some time, and is basically easy to use, although it may take time to build up a good coat. It's great for wooden cutting boards, bowls, & etc. where you want a food-safe finish. This is pure oil, not a "finish" blended with other components. You can use the oil with or without thinning it, just be sure to clean the surface first, and wipe on thin coats. Don't leave standing oil, as it does "cure" as it dries, and you don't want a bumpy or uneven finish. Allow a coat to fully dry before applying another. When you have the look you want, that's it...you can use the article as soon as it's dry. If you decide your item needs a touchup after it's been used a while, it's the same simple process, although the finish is pretty tough, so you can renew it with the oil thinned with about 2/3 thinner. Citrus oil is good if you need your item to remain food-safe. Otherwise, mineral spirits can be used if you're using it on furniture, boxes, etc. This smallish 16 ounce jug is a good choice if you want to try out the oil and see how you like it.

I don't know why they feel the need to permanantly bond the seal to the container.

I put it on the ramp for my shed, seems like it worked as expected, didn't notice any issues. I'm admittedly new to this but, everything is good so far!