Folks –

I’m working on a 1930’s vintage colonial. It has killer bird’s eye window and door trim in the living room and den that seems to have been waxed to a fair-thee-well over the years. We’ve decided to leave that alone, except the window sills, which have been sun- and water-damaged to the point where there is some dark scattered staining, and the finish is essentially “powdering” such that a light swipe with 00 steel wool loosens most of it but not all of it into a fine dust. It doesn’t appear as if the sills themselves have been waxed, just the casings. Without trying to take things down to raw wood, does anybody have any suggestions as to how to protect the sills from further damage. An exact color match to the rest of the trim is probably impossible and not necessary according to the owner. Approximation is sufficient. After steelwooling off everything that will come, I’m thinking of wiping on a mixture of 1/3 clear satin poly, 1/3 boiled linseed oil and 1/3 gum turp. Des anybody have any thoughts about that….. or a better solution? Thanks. MarkFitz