good stuf mate get sum pic up when you done it mate.ive done many over the yrs cause am in the polishing trade so i just spray them any colours and any sheen.
yes oil is great stuf also pulls the grain out to make it luk nice.but u wil probably find u may haue to do it every now and then.i personly would put a clear laquer on it for toughness.
good regular bathing with salt water luke warm and sudocrem on it.the dog wil lick it as wel.my lurcher cut his pad and you could see the raw skin its heeled ok now
where abouts in country you lot seeing grass snakes.fink snakes are great .i ad 1 few yr back but you wont find them wild in this country unles sum 1 dumped it.
open a photobucket account upload to there either from pc or email from fone. Then pick the picture you want then sum codes wil appear copy and paste the bottom 1 then put it in ya new post.