Wnt to oil some solid oak wooden worktops.... any advice please?

[orangina]

Hi there....

I have bought a large solid oak worktop to put on top of various bits of built in joinery around the house. It's been cut down to size and fitted, and looks lovely. I do need to oil it though or else it will look like rubbish fairly quickly, but as it is not a kitchen worktop, it doesn't have to be super hard wearing.

I'm going to order a sample of a tinted oil by Osmo, as I think in at least one of the areas I want a slightly darker look, but otherwise I want as natural a finish as possible. Do I just go for the Osmo clear oil? Or Danish oil? Or something else?

Anyone have any words of wisdom they might share?

Thank you!

(I have a bit of the worktop left over, so can test out a few options if necessary, but don't really want to spend a lot of money on multiple samples.....)

orangina, love the sound of the graphite osmo! I would love a darker coloured top (walnut/iroko?) OR a greyish one (really trying to get away from orangey/honey tones).

What wood did you try the graphite on? Having used the product, which woods do you think it would work with?
eg maybe iroko is too dark already?

sorry seen this late..........secret is to oil gradually

what i mean is to do it in parts....once you put too much on, its a mare to get it off......add slowly

this site has some good instructions and recommends liberon finishing oil - and so do i actually... used it a few times for a counter top, some oak shelves and stair hand rail, good stuff, found it easy to put on and wears really well.

www.norfolkoak.com/about/oiling-your-worktops.html