Oiled wood finish: a tactile surface with visible pores

An extreme close-up of a solid wood surface, treated only with hardwax oil, without any film-forming coating. Therefore, the wood's pores, subtle irregularities, and height differences between earlywood and latewood are all preserved. When light strikes obliquely, the surface is visibly not perfectly flat. The oil deepens the color by one shade and brings out the layers of the grain, but there is no reflective film—highlights are diffuse, soft, not mirror-like. A single water droplet rests on the surface in a hemispherical shape, indicating water resistance while still allowing breathability. The wood is white oak, straight grain. Very low-angle side lighting.
Avoid: Mirror-like reflections on the surface, pores filled with coating, color made uniform without layering, adding high-gloss points from varnish.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片實木表面的極近景,只上了硬蠟油,沒有任何成膜的塗層。因此木材的導管、細微的凹凸與早晚材的高低差全部保留,光線斜射時可以看見表面不是完全平的。油讓顏色加深一階並帶出紋理的層次,但沒有反光的膜——高光是漫射的、柔和的,不是鏡面。畫面裡有一滴水珠停在表面上呈半球狀,說明有防水但仍然透氣。木材是白橡,直紋。極低角度的側光。避免:表面出現鏡面反光、導管被塗料填平、顏色做成均勻無層次、加入亮光漆的高光點。