Thank you for this video, I am almost finished building my white oak desk and was trying to decide on a color, Mist was my original choice and your video confirmed my choice before buying the finish!
Nice work on the comparisons and contrasts - very clear demonstration of the differences (and correlates, btw, to my own experience of having done the same thing with Rubio on american oak) - with mist 5% or natural being closest to the raw wood. The grain in oak can be really attractive in a subtle way - if you don't like the yellowing/amber tendency of oils generally (which I don't, much, on oak) the challenge seems to be enhancing the grain slightly, without overly colouring the wood. Oyster is also quite pretty for that (darkens the grain somewhat, but the wood slightly), I haven't tried biscuit. And without aiming on going too far down the rabbit hole, I was going to try a 1:1 mix of oyster and smoke 5% (or mist 5%) to see what that brings... Thanks again, though, good demo.
Hey Ian, generally I don't like the yellowing of Oak either. Having some good colors to fall back to when going for a natural Oak finish is always good. I'll be sure to try Oyster sometime too! - Nik
Have you compared Cotton White, Vanilla and Cornsilk maybe? It seems to me Vanilla may have a tiny bit yellow which I do not like, but Cotton White seems like a great lightening shade that does not whiten the grain too much (like White and White 5%). Cornsilk does not come off as unfinished white oak but it seems to be the best neutral beige shade that is just a bit darker than natural white oak...
Thank you for this video, I am almost finished building my white oak desk and was trying to decide on a color, Mist was my original choice and your video confirmed my choice before buying the finish!
Glad it worked out!
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Nice work on the comparisons and contrasts - very clear demonstration of the differences (and correlates, btw, to my own experience of having done the same thing with Rubio on american oak) - with mist 5% or natural being closest to the raw wood. The grain in oak can be really attractive in a subtle way - if you don't like the yellowing/amber tendency of oils generally (which I don't, much, on oak) the challenge seems to be enhancing the grain slightly, without overly colouring the wood. Oyster is also quite pretty for that (darkens the grain somewhat, but the wood slightly), I haven't tried biscuit. And without aiming on going too far down the rabbit hole, I was going to try a 1:1 mix of oyster and smoke 5% (or mist 5%) to see what that brings... Thanks again, though, good demo.
Hey Ian, generally I don't like the yellowing of Oak either. Having some good colors to fall back to when going for a natural Oak finish is always good. I'll be sure to try Oyster sometime too! - Nik
Have you compared Cotton White, Vanilla and Cornsilk maybe? It seems to me Vanilla may have a tiny bit yellow which I do not like, but Cotton White seems like a great lightening shade that does not whiten the grain too much (like White and White 5%). Cornsilk does not come off as unfinished white oak but it seems to be the best neutral beige shade that is just a bit darker than natural white oak...
Thanks for sharing.
Great pieace of info! What grit did you sand to before applying Rubio?
Thanks Gabor! I believe for these pieces I used up to 180 grid. Hope it helps - Nik