To an outsider, this is mind-blowing: since most of the history of life on earth has been the history of micro-organisms, the evidence for horizontal transfer suggests that a mainly Darwinian account of evolution may be only the latest version, applicable to the most recent, much more complex forms of life.
You apply tung oil just like linseed oil or oil/varnish blend, but you have to sand tung oil after every coat, not just after the first, and it takes five to seven coats, allowing two to three days drying time between each, to achieve a smooth, attractive sheen. or several weeks :
1 Alkyd oils are formulated with some alkyd resin mixed with the oil medium. 2  They are designed to dry faster, touch dry within a day or two instead of a week or two. 3  Liquin medium can be mixed in to turn regular oil paint into something that dries faster like Alkyd paints and they can be used together. Buy the oil and thinner. 2  Linseed oil is a traditional oil painter's medium. 3  Some artists like walnut oil better. 4  If you want your painting to dry faster, choosing a medium like Winsor & Newton's Liquin will make the oil painting dry faster.