[jeffahart]

Originally Posted by HenrytheWound

I am following your process and have gotten to coats 3 and 4. I heavily coated the sides, ends, and bottoms of the boards and let them sit in the sun yesterday. The problem I now have is oil seeped out of the top of the boards and dried leaving many shiny spots on the tops of the boards. I'm not sure if I need to sand them down again or if there's another method that can knock those spots down. I tried fine sandpaper and scrubbing away with some turpentine on a green scrubby. I can see a little progress but the shiny spots remain. Any tips for dealing with these or do I need to aggressively sand the tops down again?

Any shiny spot is oil that's not dry. The oil takes a really long time to dry. I'm talking a month maybe more depending on where you live, humidity and such. Unless it's thick like a run, then you can scrape it lightly with a putty knife. But the oil is not dry so you cannot sand it... it would be like sanding wet tree sap.

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