Oil finish for a bed?

[Andymaker]

I'm coming to the end of a project making a bed. My usual finish of choice is Danish oil so that's what I'd like to use. I am a little reserved about using it on the internal surfaces of the beds frame however because I know that some oils can become rancid in enclosed spaces such as linseed oil and tung oil. Can anyone advise as to weather this may happen with Danish oil?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

No, it's not like a raw vegetable oil, more like a varnish. It won't go rancid.

 

[AndyT]

Like Phil said. Don't forget that it has been around for quite a long time and was used commercially on rather a lot of furniture.

 

[ED65]

...I know that some oils can become rancid in enclosed spaces such as linseed oil and tung oil.

That would be more sitting liquid in a bottle or can, drying oils such as linseed and tung don't go rancid once rubbed into wood because they react with oxygen to form a new compound rather than being degraded by oxygen.

Danish oil is a mixture of oil and varnish with additional spirits and the resins have an odour of their own. So most versions of DO have a fairly characteristic 'finish smell' which is not like that of the base oil(s).