[Greenbuilding] tung oil

[Chris Koehn]

I prefer Land Ark because I prefer to let someone else  source, mix, cook and package a finishing product (and it works well). Same reason I buy screws and bolts rather than making them: it costs me less and I'm not as good at it as a specialist manufacturer. I don't find the coffee or priest analogies to be useful here. 
Land Ark is made of tung oil, linseed oil, beeswax, citrus solvent, and pine rosin: <http://www.landarknw.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=48>  I'm happy to let them formulate these in to a final product for my use on timbers. I don't have the time (or inclination) to experiment and most of my clients prefer not to be guinea pigs. Your results may vary.

Chris Koehn
TimberGuides Design & Build
Vancouver Island

John wrote: "I have always been a bit grumpy about packaged finishes.."
Gennaro wrote "..Part of that is the preference for raw materials. I don't like to depend on
any one company for something.
For the same reason I don't think you need a priest to speak to god..."