Having finished a carve successfully at last ( tho my flex shaft melted). I have a couple of failure scenarios to play with for finishes. The wood was oak, and I applied a dark red oak staing to one side and I found some marine teak oil on the other. So far, the teak oil is the clear winner. It's beautiful!
Once those finished, I used acrylic paints to the wood and then sprayed with high gloss poly. So far, so nice.
Has any had experience with teak oil on non teak wood?