Watco Cherry Danish Oil Wood Finish

The same great product it’s always been.

Great product. Easy to use. Looks amazing!

Love the danish oil, easy to apply, gives my oak dining table a lustrous finish. That said you still need to apply another polyurethane finish to prevent grease to seep through the wood,

Very easy to apply. WIPE OFF ALL EXCESS OIL with dry cheesecloth. Do not leave WET. Follow the instructions. I sanded a new shaker style solid cherry sofa table to 600 grit, vacuumed away all dust and applied the cherry danish oil with folded cheese cloth. I apply liberally but WIPE DRY when done. The table needed a second coat to get a rich cherry color but I waited a few weeks. I buffed the table with 0000 fine steel wool; again vacuumed all dust away. You can apply liberally but MUST wipe dry with fresh cheesecloth. The second coat is a nice light brownish-red tone. Very attractive. I have about 1/3 of the can left. I saved $100 ordering the table unfinished. What a treat it is to work on a fresh new piece; I'm used to stripping and refinishing.

I love Danish oil finish, I use it a lot in Natural and sometimes Walnut. I decided to try the Cherry, and it’s just not great. The coloring isn’t part of the solution, it’s in suspension - so the pigment is just tiny flakes of color floating in the finish. This means the color sorta ‘sits on top’ of the wood, and it’s difficult to build up a good color without wiping off the pigment during the application process. You get a slight pink effect, but it doesn’t get deeper/richer with more applications. If you need to get a piece of Maple to look vaguely like a light Cherry, this might work. But if you’ve got a nice Cherry piece, just let the wood do it’s thing with a Natural Danish oil. (Pro tip: Cherry will darken significantly in direct sunlight, even a few hours sun can dramatically enrich the color). After testing on a scrap piece, I ended up just using Natural Danish oil followed by a wax on my Cherry project and it’s beautiful. I should’ve realized - good Cherry doesn’t need any help, it’s already perfect.

Have used it for 40 years enough said

Easy to apply and dries with a real nice finish. The cherry color is a little bit more orange than I was expecting. I was trying to match this piece to something else I stained with minwax cherry color and it came out a lot more red.

Really beautiful finish after just a few coats. I sanded an old Lane coffee table that had lost most of its finish over the years. I followed the directions on the can which called for a couple of coats and I'm very pleased with the results. It doesn' provide a super reflective and tough finish like polyurethane but I'm really happy with the sheen and color.

Like other Watco Danish Oils, this is a very good product. It proivides a consistent good finish and is easy to use. The price point however is high at $90. (Canadian) for a pint. The bottom line is you get what you pay for and this is a quality product.