Linseed vs Tung on a Flow Hive 2 Araucaria?

I’ll preface this with the fact that I’m an absolute newbee.

@Semaphore When I first looked at getting my flow hive 2 cedar, I wanted to keep wood grain and saw this post from you talking about Sikkens Stain.

So, I have Sikkens Cetol HLSe as a base of 3 coats using the colour code 77 for pine which brought out the cedar. And topped that off with the Sikkens Filter 7 top coat in the same colour (77 - Pine) for the roof and base which adds more protection.

Looks great, bit too early to tell the weathering of it. Any reason you’ve changed your recommendation?

@ClimberClint pending Semaphore’s answer, I see similar products available in the US.

The hive after 2 months in Sydney’s summer sun and a fair amount of rain.

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