What to protect white oak doors with?

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I have just bought a nice set of white oak folding doors. They come ready to stain, but I only want to coat them in an oil (something like Danish oil) to protect them.

The last time I did this with some oak, the furniture turned orangey and lost that nice natural oak look. I'm keen not to repeat the mistake.

Can anyone recommend a treatment that will protect the oak and preserve its nice light look, without going dark and orangey?

Thanks in advance for your help
 
Bees wax and paraffin (some mixtures also use soap flakes and turpentine/white spirits ) is a traditional polish. You can make liquid polishes and various creams for whatever you want to do. Most of them smell pretty good too.
 
I think you can get clear Danish oil as well as the tinted stuff.
 
MWHCVT said:
What about a satin finish clear varnish :thinking:
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Urrg! paint and varnish ugly or softwoods but never hardwood and especially not oak.
 
Iv'e recently made a oak headboard which I have finished in Danish oil. Applied three coats which is very easy to apply. You can apply more coats to increase lustre.
 
Danish oil shouldn't turn it too yellow, I did my guitar neck in it after having stripped off all the yellow varnish, it's now natural maple colour.
 
I have used Danish Oil on my oak staircase and oak doors and they look fine....just as oak should look like.
 
This is what you want

http://www.danecare.co.uk

We have oiled oak floors which we have used this oil on....it's fair to say our floors are pretty expensive/high quality and this was the company and products recommended. They also do a white oil which we are thinking about using in a couple of our north facing rooms. I think they do free samples.
 
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Danish Oil comes in a variety of shades.

I have used the medium oak on my dining table - in daily use and still haven't had to re-finish it after 3 years
 
I have now got hold of the care instructions for the doors and to add a bit more complexity to the situation, the instructions state

"the door should be fully sealed with a suitable base sealer and finished with a good water based stain. Our doors are not suitable for waxes, polishes or oils as these products do not correctly seal the door”

Not sure where to go from here :shrug:
 
Are they made of wood ?!?!

It's true that oil doesn't seal timber but our floors take a hell of a punishment (young kids) and wear it really well...scratches just seem to sink into the wood and even if something very greasy gets dropped in the floor it just evaporates over time.
 
nigpd said:
I have now got hold of the care instructions for the doors and to add a bit more complexity to the situation, the instructions state

"the door should be fully sealed with a suitable base sealer and finished with a good water based stain. Our doors are not suitable for waxes, polishes or oils as these products do not correctly seal the door”

Not sure where to go from here :shrug:
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Why do you want to fully seal internal doors?
 
Our internal oak doors had similar instructions. We used Danish Oil (of the correct tint), and they are fine. (Easy too!)

Regards,

White.
 
I've got oak work surfaces in my kitchen and those are treated with Danish oil as are my iroko windows and door. I have to recoat those occasionally but the oil works just fine. On other internal woodwork, I've never had to recoat it at all.

For an internal door I'd use either Danish oil or neutral Briwax :)
 
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