The Indian Rosewood jewellery box currently under way in the 'shop has been finished (as per instructions) with four coats of Regal Red oil, but it's taken an age to dry. The oil was applied over three weeks ago and it's still not quite 'cured'
There's very little, roughly zero info on t'interweb on how long this stuff takes to go off, so I chanced my arm this afternoon and had a natter with the top hombre, Shane Skelton who makes the stuff.
It appears that rosewood, being naturally very oily, tends to inhibit PO from fully curing, or at least it takes a lot longer than normal.
However, Shane mentioned that by far the best way to cure PO quickly by is natural daylight and UV, so the rosewood jewellery box is now residing in the greenhouse for the next couple of weeks.
PO is fandabby stuff, so this is really just a 'heads up' for others if they're experiencing problems in getting it to fully cure with oily woods; PO oil applied to timber 'ordinaires' will go off very quickly when exposed to UV - Rob