Quote Originally Posted by Phil-G View Post
And it smells like the beach
It smells like hot chicks on the beach.

I've been to beaches on 3 continents, and a couple islands, they all smell the same like spoiled seafood and sulfur.

The question i have is "is coconut oil a drying(polymerizing) oil?"

I don't like tung oil for most woods as it darkens them too much, and i don't care to support Chinese export for products that have equals right here at home. Real tung oil is pressed from the seeds of the tung tree which grows in china. Tung oil does polymerize quite well however, and you want that property in an oil for finishing.

Linseed oil is pressed from flax seed, it's been used as a dietary/health supplement for hundreds of years and is quite good for you. It also polymerizes. It leaves the wood several shades lighter than tung oil. With very light shades, some linseed may "yellow" a bit over time although that would never be an issue on a dark wood like walnut.

I have a pair of M17 cabs that are rougher than your M19's. I'll be watching your progress before I pull mine out of storage and refinish them.
The grain needs to be filled, oak requires variations in the process from walnut.