tung oil
noun
: a pale yellow pungent drying oil obtained from the seeds of tung trees and used chiefly in quick-drying varnishes and paints and as a waterproofing agent
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Huang said the red voluminous Chen Peng look, on display on the ground floor among luxury accessories, came with an oilcloth bead embroidered hat decoration that uses national intangible cultural heritage technology, where natural waterproof tung oil is applied to the fabric.
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
Easily assembled out of pine, it can be topped with a weather vane, or coated with protective tung oil instead of paint.
—Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
The wood countertop is made from heart pine salvaged from a textile mill built in 1883; it is sealed with Waterlox, a food-safe tung oil.
—Andrea Caughey and Mike Grady, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
Finish with a wipe-on coat of tung oil to the legs and slats.
—Ricard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2020
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
Easily assembled out of pine, it can be topped with a weather vane, or coated with protective tung oil instead of paint.
—Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
The wood countertop is made from heart pine salvaged from a textile mill built in 1883; it is sealed with Waterlox, a food-safe tung oil.
—Andrea Caughey and Mike Grady, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
Finish with a wipe-on coat of tung oil to the legs and slats.
—Ricard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2020
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“Tung oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tung%20oil. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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