Steve - Regarding Geno, its just fatigue. There are two recent threads still in play here that get deep, deep into the questions you ask (same for Katie and Jessie)). Go to search here. Write "Alkanet" in and make some time available. There's much more to the longer of the two threads than discussion about coloring stocks.

I've been a near life-long fan of tung oil finishes, following good prep work. I am seriously going to explore more traditional approaches as a result of Yogi000's 240+ entry post.

Best of luck.

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