The never ending bed sealing question...

[Paul Y]

Morning All.

Bed wood. To varnish or oil, that is the question, Horatio....

Done a search and had a look on the Mar-K site for advice but everybody likes to give their opinion so asking again.

Woody is going to be used so I am moving away from varnishing the bed, really don't fancy painting the rather nice Oak boards I have black so looks like I will be using an oil of some description.

Done a little tester on what will be the underside of the boards, with boiled linseed oil, teak oil and something I found in the shed called Danish Oil. Jury is still out on what I prefer, might come down to what is the most cost effective.

So, my question is when oiling the bed do you do all of the surfaces? Or do you paint/varnish the underside for more protection and then oil the top and sides?

I am no wood worker, thankfully my father is so I have somebody who knows what they are doing to cut the boards to the correct sizing, and really only want to do the job once so advise away!

Would also like to see your beds just because I like pictures.

P.