We live in a by level, so when you enter you see stairs up and stairs down. There is wood panels about waist high going down the stairs and exposed brick on the wall going up. We painted the wall opposite the brick ‘New Penny’ a dark orange and the

I have stripped an oak pub table and bleached it and then neutralized it. I plan to finish it with tung oil. Do I still need to condition the wood before I apply the tung oil?