Oil for wooden kitchen worktops - any reccomendations

[numnum]

I've ordered ikeas beech wooden worktops for my kitchen. I was wanting oak but it was out of stock and gone for the beech so we can get on with the kitchen

They haven't arrived yet so I'm unsure what they look like but I'm wanting to buy the oil for them

A friend uses screwfix's unika work top oil. i've read a few forums and heard waterlox been mentioned a few times but not sure what its like

Can anyone help me out. Will the oil make it slightly darker. The beech is lighter than what I originally wanted so would quite like to try and get it to the oak colour if possible

Thanks

[cathfromsaron]

IKEA £5 x

[The Builder]

Any good "finishing oil" is all you need numnum. Danish oil is another good choice.
Any of several good brands .......... Liberon; Colron; Ronseal; Unika. I'm afraid I haven't come across "Waterlox" though.

Not so much darkening the wood, more like enhancing the colour. It'll darken slightly with time anyway.

[numnum]

does all these brands give it a shine like a varnish look? i was wanting less shine

[jomifl]

You won't get a gloss finish, you will get a matt/silk finish depending on the oil, the quality of finish of the wood and the number of applications of oil. The Ikea oil seems to be good value, other brands can cost twice as much, I don't know if they are any better though.

[The Builder]

Numnum, many of these oils are available in matt, silk, and gloss.
You should be able to have just what you want.

[numnum]

i think i'm going to go for Unika

Just one more question my friend that recomended the Unika has just started using it and loves it and said she wishes she'd used it when she first got her kitchen. She's had her kitchen for 4 years so I'm presuming she's used a different oil to begin with and now found this one. Can you change from one brand of oil to another?

I watched the Colron video on youtube of the application. is all applications pretty much the same way?

[The Builder]

As far as I know, Nummers, oils are interchangeable.

[marden40]

An excellent oil to use is Rustin's Danish oil, which is a blend of various natural oils and synthetic resins which provide excellent hardening and drying properties. It forms a very tough seal on worktops.

From new the worktop requires two liberal coatings of oil on the underside and the edges that will not be seen, this is to balance the worktop and stop it from bowing, no particular care to the application of oil needs to be given here as the underneath will not be seen.

[joefried]

I like the wood oil IKEA suggests on their worktops - it has this simple, laminated finish that requires almost little-to-no sanding. Tung oil is great for those tops too!