Poland in photo riddles - part 3

Yes, I edited my post:


They would look nice oiled and sanded.

My wife used a few sheets of sandpaper on them later on. How do you do oiling?

There are various types of wood oils which bring out the natural beauty of the wood and nourish it/stop it from drying out. You just brush it or roll it on using a roller designed for oil. A brush would be fine for small pieces. Europeans tend to go for linseed based oils, but I'd choose a hardwax oil. The wooden floors in our house are hardwaxed using this:

Fiddes Hardwax Oil. It's made in England but available in Poland. You can get it clear or tinted in various shades.

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Years ago I found a nice old coffee table in a skip. Solid wood but very damaged surface. I just put olive oil on a sponge, dabbed it very thoroughly all over and it looked great.

Yes, olive oil is also a great idea for things like chopping boards, bread boards, anything fairly small.

Does it protect the wood from minor scratches and gouges?

I've used it on bigger things. It's a good alternative to Teak Oil, though not as long lasting.

Scratches, yes to some extent, gouges no. It doesn't seal the wood like varnish. The purpose of hard wax oil is to nourish the wood and keep it looking lustrous. It works into the wood as opposed to sitting on the surface. You polish it as often as you like with a nice natural wax polish and buff it to a high shine if you want to but there will be a certain amount of sheen even without that. Wooden floors look fine even with some wear and tear. I wouldn't see minor scratches as damage.

Black permanent marker pen works ok as a concealer on dark wood. There are special pens you can buy in three shades of brown though I've found that the colour isn't especially fast with those and black works better.

Amasing! Jon is the OP poster in this thread but the home page shows pawian as one. Wonders.............

Now we know that Jon and Pawian are one and the same.

Exactly! You can be as brilliant as Feniks..... Simply amasing! :):):):)