You beat me to it, I can only upload 3 per post
I cut sections from an old t-shirt as I didn't have any clean cloths to hand. I put maybe 1/8th of the bottle, about 15ml, in
a bowl and dipped in one of the rags until it was
a little damp with oil. I tested it on the back of the board first, waited 10 minutes, and buffed, with no adverse effects, so then with somewhat firm circular motions I oiled the whole board.
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You can see that the light is bouncing off the board due to the oil. It is
a very thin layer. I waited 10 minutes (maybe 9 due to slight impatience). Afterwards, I used the second clean rag to buff the oil. The underside of the board must have had some wax still remaining on it as it came off onto the rag as well, but that wasn't really anything to worry about. (When I say it still had some wax still remaining, it isn't the case that I took the wax off, I left it alone as you should do, but over time the wax disintegrates into the board from being exposed to the air).
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Finally I oiled the stones. This really amazed me in terms of how good it made them look. Everyone secretly likes playing with the white stones because they are glossy and they are clamshell. But the black stones now have this gunmetal matt lead-like quality to them, which is pretty cool too.
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That's all I got.
Oh by the way, I noticed the oil soaked into the end grain
a lot better than it soaked into the sides (as expected), so I might do the end grain again in
a week or two depending on how it feels. I would also point out though that one of the best things to do with wood isn't to faff around with it too much.
We want to be reincarnated as Lee Sedol, not Ron Swanson.
