What to treat doors when the manufacturer says "do not oil"?

[ProDave]

After a long wait, our expensive XL joinery Oak doors are now hanging in their frames.  Time to treat them with something.

 

Conventional wisdom and often recommended on here is Osmo Oil.

 

But what if the first line of the manufacturers instructions says "Do Not Oil"

 

The joiner than hung them said nonsense, he would use Osmo Oil.

[Jeremy Harris]

I think the manufacturers concern may be that some types of oil may contain solvents that could affect the veneer adhesive.  Perhaps test a hidden area of a door first, just to make sure.  My gut feeling is that Osmo will be fine, as it's not very runny and doesn't seem to contain much solvent.

[Mr Punter]

Was there a fair difference in the cost to have them fully finished?

[ProDave]

They didn't offer them finished in the 2040mm height that we needed.

[joe90]

Ha, been there, done that, mine said the same but my decorator said Osmo was fine and he had done hundreds with no problem. I think @JSHarris is right, some oils may contain all sorts of bad stuff.

[Neil]

I have used XL Joinery veneered Oak doors. To be on the safe side I contacted the Technical Dept at XL in view of their 'do not use oil' warning.They advised that it was quite acceptable to use the Osmo Door Oil on their doors.

[Oz07]

If you read the instructions on most things you'd never do anything. Load of rubbish from manufacturers. These oak doors I've been getting from magnet are cheap as chips and you can tell too. Veneer is water thin. 

 

What do you do with edges after trimming on pre finished doors?

[ProDave]

Thakns. Osmo it is then.