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Hey, John. The Japan dryer I have primarily used to get slow curing varnish to harden more promptly.
Especially in high humidity like we had those many years in Hawaii.
I tried it in linseed oil and found it to speed that up, as well.
Boiled linseed oil has dryers in it already, but adding a few drops of Japan dryer helps accelerate it.
I think you want to only treat the amount of oil you will use in the short term.
I experimented with it. You can too.
Online I see there are a number of brands.
And on the subject of sentimental wood. Boy do I have a lot of it.
From Hawaii, Robusta Eucalyptus( red gum), Mango wood slabs 3 ft by 10 ft milled up by my old friend about
25 years ago. It will soon be a large kitchen Island (but not ten feet). Wood is my go to souvenir. Koa planks salvaged from the Parker Ranch “Mana House”, hand sawn from logs by Chinese workers in the mid 1800’s.I have a piece of Douglas Fir branch I got from the site of the death
of Dr. David Douglas on Hawaii island. A place called the Doctor’s Pit, where the great botanist was trapped with a wild
bull in a bull pit and found dead later. The trees were planted about 90 years ago in memory the 100th anniversary of his death.
I have Ohia wood from the birthplace of my son, on Hawaii Island. Oh, it goes on.
Don’t get me started! Whoops, too late.
Let us know how the nice table turns out,C