Building a fuel tank to go inside an oak whiskey keg
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02-18-2015, 08:52 AM
It wasn't the tung oil that turned it dark. Read my comment above about white oak "ebonizing". The color is due to the raw oak being exposed to heat/chemicals in the barrel prep for liquor aging. That color is likely most all the way thru the wood.
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I wasn't sure of the color when I first started but with the black bed liner it really worked out. My thanks go to Ax for his guidance with the tung oil. I've never heard of it before I joined this forum but I have some future projects already in mind. Who'd a thunk. Join a truck forum so you can learn how to finish wood. Huh.
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02-23-2015, 08:09 AM
That looks outstanding with the diamond plate! The ebonized color is much better and fresher looking than clear finished unused white oak would have IMHO.
You're welcome on the tung oil info. I use it on all my hardwood woodworking projects. By the way it is food safe as long as the ingredients don't list any driers added, just tung oil. I use it on my bowls and to seal the insides of my salt and pepper mills so the wood doesn't transfer any taste to the spices.
You're welcome on the tung oil info. I use it on all my hardwood woodworking projects. By the way it is food safe as long as the ingredients don't list any driers added, just tung oil. I use it on my bowls and to seal the insides of my salt and pepper mills so the wood doesn't transfer any taste to the spices.
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02-23-2015, 09:48 AM
I have a friend who is a known poor speller. Last year I was in his garage and spotted a plastic maple syrup container on his paint shelf. On it was scrawled 'tongue oil'. I smiled thinking how I react to whiskey and thought he wasn't really too far if he had refilled that container with that libation. And yes, I have seen bottles for sale in stores where it is spelled 'whisky' too for you spell checkers......
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