Tung can work great, if you know how to use it. Pure Tung is hard to work with and if you dont know how to work with it your results may SUCK.
And a prepared finish like Formby's is modified with dryers and urethanes to make it a lot more forgiving for a novice than pure tung.
If you really want an oil style finish tung beats the snot out of Linseed in moisture protection. Using either one as part of an oil modified polymer finish makes good sense and is the basis for many commercial products, none of which SUCK.
Deltaboy, tyake the advice posted earlier about giving it a month or two. Even though it appears to be finished the oils are continuing to polimerize. Patience is one of the ingredients needed to prevent SUCKING.
Pumice or rottenstone are finer abrasives than OOOO steel wool. They leave much finer scratches, so fine that when done right they just leave a flat even soft surface with no evidence of scratching.
Jeff
