finish on a table?

[young woodworker]

I have put coat of boiled linseed oil on tables that I had made before, but this one is going to be used as a small dining table and I am not sure what to use in order for it to hold up against spills or other things it might encounter. Please help.

[gerti]

A few years I refinished our maple dining room table top: a shellac wash coat, some gel stain, followed by three coats of wipe-on polyurethane. It is holding up great!

[cabinetman]

I have put coat of boiled linseed oil on tables that I had made before, but this one is going to be used as a small dining table and I am not sure what to use in order for it to hold up against spills or other things it might encounter. Please help.

Apply wiping version of oil base polyurethane or oil base interior varnish.
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[young woodworker]

would putting on a coat of linseed oil followed by several coats of polyurithaine work?

[cabinetman]

would putting on a coat of linseed oil followed by several coats of polyurithaine work?

Yes it would work. Use boiled linseed oil, and give it time to cure.
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[young woodworker]

thanks for the help