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Hand-Rubbed Tung Oil Varnish on Walnut. - Use the sandpaper to rub the oil all over the wood. Spalted Maple Slab Table With Live Edge Hand Rubbed Oil Finish Mckenzie Gallery With the tung oil finishes however you should probably start out with a much thinned dilution of the stuff rub it in then sand down the grain that pops with some 0000 steel wool between coats. Hand rubbed oil finish . The rise of many modern faster finishes has somewhat hidden the truth that the hand-rubbed oil finish was more durable and kept the wood in far better shape than a spray on coating. It is as fast or faster than spray painting and gives violin quality with gunstock toughness incredibly easily. Rubbing out by hand just like hand sanding on bare wood can burn up plenty of elbow grease and doing it very well requires both care and perseverance. Coco Architectural explains that oil-rubbed finishes often use chemicals to darken the surface of the metal. Ernie uses Waterlox resin-modified tung o