Finishing Oily Woods

摘要

Many woodworkers use exotic tropical woods such as rosewood, cocobolo, jatoba, bubinga, wenge, teak, and others. If you've ever applied an oil-based finish to one of these woods, you have probably run into problems: Either the finish took a very long time to dry, dried only partially and stayed tacky, or wouldn't dry at all. And even if the finish dried, it might have peeled or flaked off later. Your first reaction probably was to blame the finish or yourself, without realizing that the wood was in fact the culprit. Tropical and rain-forest woods have developed a natural resistance to the accelerated decay caused by their hot and steamy environments. Extractives (commonly referred to as oils) produced by the trees are naturally water repellent and rich in chemicals known as antioxidants.