Suar indoors

For suar indoors, use Osmo TopOil on table tops and furniture and Osmo Hardwax-Olie Original on larger surfaces. Suar has wide, irregular grain and a strong contrast between light and dark wood, and an oil soaks into it and brings out that pattern well.

Which oil for which suar surface

Suar is mainly used for live edge tables, coffee tables and benches. For a dining table, choose TopOil: food safe, resistant to coffee, wine and water, and easy to touch up locally. For a wall panel or another large surface, you can also use Hardwax-Olie Original, in two thin coats.

Wide grain and small cracks

The open, wide grain of suar absorbs a lot of oil. Apply the oil thinly, let it soak in and buff off the excess before it dries, so that no sticky patches are left in the pores. Suar is prone to small shrinkage cracks if it is kept too dry. So finish the whole top, including the underside and the end grain, and do not place a table right next to the radiator.

Suar with epoxy

Many suar tables have a river or filling of epoxy. If you want a glossy finish across the whole table, Hardwax-Olie Original 3011 gloss is also used on epoxy tables. On the darker wood, it is better not to choose 3062 matt, because it can leave a white haze on dark surfaces. Always test on an inconspicuous spot first.

Maintaining oiled suar

Keep a suar table clean with the Spray-Cleaner. For maintaining a table top there is the Tafel & Keuken onderhoudsset. Touch up small scratches or dull spots locally with a thin coat of TopOil.