<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>John said: "<FONT size=+0>A lot of what you use depends on the sort of wood your are using. Oil based</FONT> <DIV><FONT size=+0>finishes have a strong tendency NOT to stick, or dry for that matter, on</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>oily woods such as ebony or a lot of the rosewoods that are out there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Solvent based ( such as lacquer or shellac ) do not have that problem."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>John,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>There's a trick to finishing oily woods with oil: wash the wood with lacquer thinner and then apply the oil, of choice, to the  wood. Has worked well for me. What it does, is wash away the surface oil of the wood and allows the finishing oil to penetrate and bond with the natural oil of the wood. Works on Teak, Ebony, cocabola, etc.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>