We’re a couple months later, I ended up doing a second small project, this time I used half tung oil half orang oil, and adjusted my technique: wiped with a clean rag after application, and I think the room was warmer them last time.
Got better results, more even and it didn’t take 2+ weeks for the first coat to cure (more like a few days).
Thanks for the advice 🙂
As a beginner who mostly learned from the University of YouTube, I hear you, it was more involved and messier work than I thought it’d be