Make a tung oil wax finish

This week, I attempted to make my first oil and wax polish.  I tried to follow other tutorials for this process from memory, and found that some tips did not work for this application.  It was fun to go through hand crafting my own wax finish, though!  :)

See it on youtube, at:  https://youtu.be/Bt5noQPD0CY



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