Former Users of Odie's Oil

[Jim Grieco]

Any former users want to share what you switched to?
I like Odie's. The smell, ease of use and of course the finished finish. It is just getting a bit expensive, and I wonder if there is anything else close to it.
*I do not want more work to do with a finish

 

[Mark Jundanian]

I've never used Odie's, but have you considered other hard wax oil products, e.g. Osmo Polyx-Oil, Rubio Monocoat, et.al.

 

[Odie]

I've never used Odie's Oil, but it sounds good:

About this item​

• We all want our finished woodworking projects to look their absolute best when finished. The hard part shouldn’t be the application process, nor should it be the choosing what to apply to your project. Introducing Odies Oil, the food safe, solvent free, non-toxic wood finish and wood stabilizer. Odies Oil is easy to us and it waterproofs and leaves a wonderful lustrous sheen in one coat. It is also the perfect finish for leather, concrete, plastic, vinyl and metal.
• Odie's Oil is great for all species of wood, exotic and domestic. Formulated to work on even the oiliest of woods. Your surface with Odies Oil applied will actually get better with age, becoming more durable and more beautiful as time goes on. It contains natural UV inhibitors-sunscreen for your wood!
• Odie's Oil is a proprietary blend of oils and waxes, born out of inspiration, hard work and a driving need to solve problems specific to the woodworker. The culmination of 30+ years of research, development and field testings in the most extreme environments produced a revolutionary product that out-performs and out-covers the competition.
• If you’re a wood turner and want to bring out the best in your projects, give Odie's Oil a try. You can use it as a friction polish! Works on most any turning project you can imagine from pens, bottle stoppers, vessels, bowls and a whole bunch more! Odie's Oil does not contain driers or toxic chemicals and is food safe. It’s safe for everybody: families, kids, and pets! Super easy to use it requires no sanding or stripping in between coats or for retouching! Wipe on, Wait a while, Buff off!
• A little Odie’s goes a long way! No solvents" means there is almost nothing to evaporate, so what you put on the wood, stays in the wood. Odie's Oil covers many, many times the area of other wood finishes. Up to 20 times the coverage as conventional finishes. Coverage will vary depending on wood density and porosity. Coverage is approx. 189 sq. Feet per 9 oz jar (based on American Cherry). This finish has a unique honey-like consistency and a pleasant aroma. It really goes a long, long way.

 

[Bill Alston]

I’ve seen it on sale here in the UK but it’s very expensive so I’ve never tried it. A cheaper alternative might be interesting as long as it’s available over here.
Maybe there are some home brew recipes on YouTube? I know for sure that home brew abrasive waxes on YouTube are just as good as the commercial ones because I’ve made them myself.

 

[John Redding]

I’ve used Odie’s on a variety of things, including turnings and flat work. It’s not cheap, but a little really does go a long way. The one thing I’ve noticed, as is true of many hard oil finishes, is that it tends to introduce a touch of yellow to the wood. I’ve done quite a bit of segmented turning with aspen, and it does cause it to yellow a bit though it certainly provides a depth to the wood.

If maintaining the original color is the goal, then I’ve been using a water based wipe on poly as it’s been the best solution I’ve found to date.

 

[Odie]

If I'm understanding correctly, Odie's Oil is applied like a friction polish and combines the oil with the waxing/polishing stage.

Doing these two steps individually, as I do with the Danish Oil application, and then followed by the Beall buffing stage works extremely well for me. I don't see how Odie's Oil can be better......easier certainly, but how can it possibly be better?

Among woodturners, there seems to be a big gap between what is easier, as opposed to what will have the better outcome.

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