Oak table finishing advice

[Hoonigan]

Hi,

I bought an oak coffee table from eBay at the weekend and am in the process of refinishing it. I will finish sanding it tomorrow night and then to apply a some sort of finish but that's where I need some assistance. We would like to keep the sanded down natural oak colour and not make it any darker than we have to, would I be best using a clear varnish, some sort of oil or a wax type finish?

Here is the table



And before and after, the before is how we prefer it



Thanks

Edited by Hoonigan on Monday 4th May 23:04

[Hoonigan]

Brilliant, thanks all. I've decided to go with the Liberon finishing oil as available in Jewsons and reasonably priced, don't want to spend a fortune as the table only cost £68.00. I'll post up some pics when finished...

[Hoonigan]

Yup it was varnished and quite scratched and worn so will look loads better I'm sure. The cheapest I've found the table is £270 ex delivery so not a bad purchase..

[Hoonigan]

Yup it was varnished and quite scratched and worn so will look loads better I'm sure. The cheapest I've found the table is £270 ex delivery so not a bad purchase..

[Hoonigan]

Sanding finished and quite pleased with the results though do have a rather dusty garage now despite my best efforts with extraction.



And how it started

Edited by Hoonigan on Tuesday 5th May 22:31

[Hoonigan]

Picked up the oil today and got the first coat on, really pleased with the colour, sooo much better than before. Unfortunately there are some scratches I thought I'd removed now showing up on the top, in hindsight I should have dampened the top down to check but tooate now so unless anyone says it's a terrible idea then I'll sand the top back again and a bit harder tomorrow to try and sort it. As for an idiots guide, well this is it really, lots of sanding and a bit of oiling...