Tried and True Original Gallon

We’ve used polyurethanes and other sealer / protectants in the past. But for our current project (a food surface), we wanted something more natural. One of our sons recommended Tried and True. I’m so glad we tried this. It’s simple ingredients (no gnarly stuff) and gives a beautiful finish. (I’ve included before and after photos.) First, it’s all natural linseed oil (flaxseed oil) and beeswax. That’s it. No chemicals, no smelly fumes, no worry about getting it on your skin. In fact, it felt wonderful to rub it into our dry hands after working with the wood all day. It goes on super easy with an old tshirt cloth. Wait one hour, wipe off any excess, then rub with 0000 steel wool. Beautiful! It’s water resistant. (Not water proof). Feels lovely to the touch. Before applying the first coat, be sure to sand well. We found that wetting our maple slab after a 120-grit sand helped pull up the grain. Then we sanded again with 240. Then wet it again to pull up the grain, then sanded again with 320. Wet it again and sanded with 400. THEN we applied the first coat. We’ll likely do a second application in a few days. I highly recommend this product and will definitely be buying more for future projects. But lucky us, a little goes a long way. We bought a gallon to cover a 6-foot maple slab (2.5”thick), and we used maybe an eighth of the gallon for one application.

Great product. It’s expensive, but if you can afford it, or when something warrants the splurging, the performance won’t let you down.

I’m not gonna lie. I was thinking I may have screwed up buying a $100 per gallon of seal. I felt it was about to really eat into my profit margins. It was necessary for this and future projects. I make cat towers on the side and wanted something that if the cat scratched the wood then licked its paws it wouldn’t hurt it. With a 6-7’ tree with branches in mind that sounds like a lot of sealant. This stuff is incredibly efficient. I sealed a whole cat tower with about a cup of seal. Give or take just a little. I’ll be able to do many more projects with this home friendly product.

Was trying something more natural with my acacia butcher block countertops. Loved the idea of it being food safe. Read the instructions applied it correctly and I’m having to keep on adding it over and over and over and quite frankly I’m freakin over it. It’s like it never seals ever!! Brings out the grains beautifully but man I just don’t have the time to keep on doing this. It’s like every month here we go again

Used this product to seal the outside of my new cedar greenhouse. It looks great. The color is rich and just a bit darker than before and beautiful. It was easy to apply and it dried quickly. I will be using this for a cedar fence and other outdoor wood items I have. Highly recommend this product.