Formby's Tung Oil High gloss finish

Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad

wizical

Member
Joined
Jun 14, 2007
Messages
423
Location
Los Angeles, ca, USA.
Does anyone know where I can buy Formby's Tung Oil High Gloss Finish, I saw this past weekend and it was an amazing finish. any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad

Wheaties

Member
Joined
May 8, 2009
Messages
714
Location
Omaha, NE
Only place I've seen it around here is Menards, but those are only in the Midwest. Maybe a Lowes or Home Depot would have it. I don't know though because I don't go there.
 

GouletPens

Member
Joined
Nov 9, 2008
Messages
1,449
Location
Ashland, VA
Formby's, like almost every other "Tung Oil Finish" is not pure tung oil. It's a polyurethane blend, like General Finishes Arm-R-Seal you get from WC. You can get either of these and use it, or mix up a formula yourself with different blends of poly, BLO, and PURE tung oil (WC). As far as where to find Formby's, I've seen it at Walmart, HD, and Pleasants Hardware. I'm willing to bet most any store that carries minwax and other 'homeowner' type finishing products will have it.
 

stolicky

Member
Joined
Mar 14, 2008
Messages
820
Location
Loudonville, NY, USA.
I'm pretty sure Lowes has it. I actually got some at my local hardware store. I think they are a True Value. It does come out pretty nice with several coats. But it really isn't 'tung' oil. It is a mixed finish.
 

fafow

Member
Joined
Dec 27, 2007
Messages
159
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Last year I was looking to get some Minwax tung oil (or their blend of tung oil plus...) and couldn't find it anywhere. A clerk at True Value told me that they could no longer carry it due to some California laws. Evidently it has a chemical or two in it that California doesn't like, but Formby's doesn't have that same chemical so it can still be sold. I wish I could remember what it was that kept it from being sold here.
 

GouletPens

Member
Joined
Nov 9, 2008
Messages
1,449
Location
Ashland, VA
Last year I was looking to get some Minwax tung oil (or their blend of tung oil plus...) and couldn't find it anywhere. A clerk at True Value told me that they could no longer carry it due to some California laws. Evidently it has a chemical or two in it that California doesn't like, but Formby's doesn't have that same chemical so it can still be sold. I wish I could remember what it was that kept it from being sold here.
Heh...here in VA they still sell it all....just about everything that you buy has a disclaimer saying "in California this product is known to cause cancer" or something like that. I'm like, hmmmm....I guess I won't go use this product in California so I don't get cancer :tongue:
 
Top Bottom