Hello everybody,
I encountered an embarassing problem and I really don't know how to fix. I had a nice and simple comission a few months ago - oak bookcase finished with oil. I didn't expect any difficulties.
A day after putting the first layer of the oil I sensed an unpleasant smell. I used Rustin's Danish Oil (the had been opened a few weeks earlier and the expiry date was OK). The smell from the can was all right but after drying it started to be nasty.
I decided to provide the client with the bookcase hoping that the smell would evaporate. It wouldn't. The client started complaining and I visited her to wipe the bookcase with the turpentine to remove the wax (that had been put on the oil) to accelerate the process of evaporating but it seemed to be help nothing.
The smell is still there, maybe not that annoying as it was at the beginning. It is compared to the smell of a sheep. Do you have any ideas how to fix my problem? Is planing and refinishing the piece the only solution?
It was the first time I used Rustin's oil. I heard that it has a good opinion however I learned from this lesson one thing: use pure lineseed or tung oil and avoid mixtures with chemical additions.
I encountered an embarassing problem and I really don't know how to fix. I had a nice and simple comission a few months ago - oak bookcase finished with oil. I didn't expect any difficulties.
A day after putting the first layer of the oil I sensed an unpleasant smell. I used Rustin's Danish Oil (the had been opened a few weeks earlier and the expiry date was OK). The smell from the can was all right but after drying it started to be nasty.
I decided to provide the client with the bookcase hoping that the smell would evaporate. It wouldn't. The client started complaining and I visited her to wipe the bookcase with the turpentine to remove the wax (that had been put on the oil) to accelerate the process of evaporating but it seemed to be help nothing.
The smell is still there, maybe not that annoying as it was at the beginning. It is compared to the smell of a sheep. Do you have any ideas how to fix my problem? Is planing and refinishing the piece the only solution?
It was the first time I used Rustin's oil. I heard that it has a good opinion however I learned from this lesson one thing: use pure lineseed or tung oil and avoid mixtures with chemical additions.