osmoTopOil - High Solid Oil 3058, Clear Matt, 500ml - Durable Oil for Wooden Kitchen Surfaces, Water-Resistant & Food Safe, Wood Treatment & Wood Finish

I have had oak kitchen worktops for four years now and have treated them the Danish oil in the past. I decided to give Osmo a try after reading the reviews. I'm so glad I did. Absolutely delighted with the results and so easy to use. I scrubbed my worktops with warm soapy water and allowed them to dry completely, I then sanded them down with grade 80 sandpaper, cleaned that off then finished them off with grade 120 sandpaper. Washed them again and left to dry. After and hour or so I gave the worktops their first coat of Osmo using a brush, I found it easier to put the oil in a paint kettle and apply small amounts using a continuous stroke along the grain of the wood. The oil looked very shiny but after about an hour it began to settle into the wood and left a very subtle sheen. I allowed each coat to dry overnight, you may not have to do this as you could probably coat in the morning and another coat later in the evening, it's just how I did it. I repeated this process another two times, not sanding as much as I did on the first occasion, just a light sand. My worktops look better than they did when new. They feel beautifully smooth and look far more expensive now! The Danish oil I previously used would leave a sticky residue which I would have to buff off and it took a week or so for this to diminish but there is nothing like this with Osmo, worktops are completely dry. I can't recommend it highly enough and will definitely use Osmo from now on.

After struggling with something that clearly didn’t do “ what it said on the tin “ I started again with this , 3 coats and it’s perfect , looks fabulous and does the job .

Very impressed. I've reoiled our kitchen worktops and used a different Tung oil and applied about 8 coats of it in total and still very poor results, remained sticky and poor application in spots and became frustrated so I decided to give this a go. Slighted sanded it down before applying the first coat to prepare it, it dried quickly, easy application of the second coat and looks great and water is beading fine. Would highly recommend this over other brands of oil to save time, money and frustration!

Purchased for recoating a bamboo kitchen worktop that had been previously treated with the same product. Easy to apply and visibly prevents water getting through to the wood itself. I should have done this retreatment earlier and slight discolouration due to the earlier coat wearing thin has not disappeared as I had hoped it might. My fault. This product is very good and does exactly what it should. Next time I may try a stained (rather than clear) version in the hope that the slightly faded areas will become less noticeable.

This is fantastic stuff. After sanding down my oak worktop, this stuff has brought it back to life. Enough to do 3 solid coats on a medium sized kitchen, split into two sections.

Love osmo oil, covers well and dried quickly leaving a great finish. Easy to apply with a cloth and covers well, this tin was more than capable of doing 2 coats over 7ms of worktop. Low smell, good value for money

Great product was recommended to buy this and it was better value on here than the local hardware shop.Dries in the time stated , colour was just what we wanted.Easy to apply covered the area well.

Overall, I’m impressed with this Osmo TopOil 3058 Clear Matt, which I used to re-oil our oak kitchen worktops. One 500ml tin was enough to do two layers everywhere in our medium-sized kitchen, plus a third layer in heavily-used spots.Our worktops were last oiled in 2016 and had become quite patchy, marked and worn in places. I first used a Bosch sander to sand back the existing surface using 80 grit paper, followed by 120 grit. However, it wasn’t very effective at removing the old oil and the sandpaper gummed up quite easily.Two to three slow passes with the hand sander did even out the surface quite nicely, but without fixing the deeper dents/marks. I didn’t want to spend several more hours sanding to get the surface 100% perfect, it’s pretty good as is. Most minor imperfections have been removed.I did see one guy on YouTube using a sharp scraper device to remove the old oil before recoating. It seems much faster than sanding.After sanding, I wiped the surface down with isopropyl alcohol, which removed any loose dust. Then I applied the TopOil in a thin layer using a lint-free cloth, moving in the direction of the wood grain. My technique was to pour a little more oil than necessary, spreading it in long horizontal strokes with the cloth. Then after 20 minutes of letting the oil soak, I went over again, mopping up any excess. This gave a nice even finish and kept the coat nice and thin. I left the first coat to dry overnight and then applied a second coat in the same way the next day. I ended up with a tough, durable finish that’s clearly very water-repellent, with nice tight beads of water on the surface. In June with warm temperatures and good ventilation the worktops definitely felt dry after 8 hours. They may have even been ready to recoat after 6 hours if I’d been in a rush.This oil is clear, so the lighter patches on the worktop (from previous heavy use) are still visible. With hindsight I wish I’d used a tinted oil, such as TopOil Acacia, to help provide a more even colour. But as things are, I’m happy for the slight colour differences in the worktop to be considered as “adding character”. The wife agrees that the worktop looks much better than it did before, I think I’m just being a little perfectionistic. I bet in a couple of weeks I won’t even notice the slight imperfections.A couple of our dogs have a bad habit of jumping up at the worktop and their claws can leave marks along the edge. Will be interesting to see how well the surface holds up once it’s properly cured in a couple of weeks. If the dogs leave any marks in the meantime, it’s reassuring to know I can just apply a little touch up with the oil without needing to sand again.I’ll definitely buy Osmo TopOil again, but next time I’ll use the tinted Acacia variety.