To Chuckles, I mean Rich C, I'm glad I could make you laugh. It's good to laugh a little in hard times.
I try to base my confidence on data and the experience of others. I came to this forum knowing it was not a flooring forum but general woodworking finishing forum but hoping to hear some data points from people who had actually tried it, not just arm-chair critics.
Thanks to those of you who have tried the product on off-label use of cabinets and millwork. Good information!
What got me interested in these "hard-wax oil finishes at all was reading the blog of a flooring installer in the broader Chicago area who uses all kinds of finishes including Pallman and Rubio Monocoat. As of 4 years ago he had done over 50 floors with Pallman and about the same with Rubio and he and his customers have been very satisfied, including in some heavy traffic commercial applications. This is a guy who has done even more flooring with other waterborne finishes, and with traditional urethane finishes so I was quite intrigued by his experience. He found these newer finishes as vastly superior to traditional Urethane. Check out his blog - I gave it either above or on the related thread here in finishing.
Thanks again everyone for sharing your experience!
And Chuckles, I have used oil finishes for 30 years, mostly UV cured wax-oil finishes out of Sweden. I just don't have experience with these air-dry finishes and I'm trying to learn. We have a high-intensity UV lamp tunnel that we run our doors, flooring and millwork thru after hand-rubbing the UV oils. Not a finish for every one, but it has given us a look and feel our customers like.