Another oil that is useful for furniture repairs is oitiseca (sp?) oil,
also known as Brazilian Rosewood Oil.  It hardens well and builds up to
provide a luster that no other oil finish can match.  It is available as
Penofin interior oil finish.  It comes in various shades and can be
tinted with universal colorants.

Oil finishes "dry" or harden by oxidation.  This is usually assisted in
commercial formulas by dryers.  It is best to stick to the prepared
products of known properties unless you know how to mix them yourself.

Once you find something don't be surprised if suddenly the formula
changes.  For an example, Minwax stains used to be very useful for touch
up and blending when one did not want to go through the whole water stain
routine.  Now they make only a finish and stain in one that is virtually
useless except for slopping up a really cheap ugly highly-porous wood
into a covered-up even uglier wood.

Spencer Chase