for others reading this thread
Daz replied which product he used here: Cabots Furniture Oil
I was recommended intregrain ultradeck timber oil natural which resulted in this
I think both look nice, just depending on what you’re after. I think i’ll be painting my other brood box (i have two) with cabbots and replacing the one i don’t like as much. i’ll post side by side shots here when i’m done so people can benefit