Can Bona Hard Wax Oil be used on Tallowwood?
Yes — Bona lists Tallowwood as a suitable substrate for Bona Hard Wax Oil (covered under Bona's 'hardwood-generic' substrate listing).
Bona's TDS for Bona Hard Wax Oil lists the following substrates: hardwood-generic, engineered, oak.
Tallowwood is covered by that list (covered under Bona's 'hardwood-generic' substrate listing). In practice, tannin-rich Australian hardwoods (Blackbutt, Spotted Gum) can require a neutralising primer before waterborne topcoats to prevent tannin bleed-through. Always confirm the primer/topcoat combination against the product's Specifier Paragraphs for the species at hand.
Sources
- PDF Bona Hard Wax Oil Broch DL · p.2