Why paint such nice wood?
I like to work with oils and keep the grain visible!
I mix my lineseed oil with max. 2-3% siccative.
this makes the dry oil a bit harder and after a couple of layers you can "polish" it a bit.
personally I rather use tung oil. (made from the chinese Tung nut)
lineseed oil will discolor a bit yellow over time, tung oil doesn't
I dilute Tung oil with 10% pure orange oil, it penetrates the wood better that way and it dries quicker.
with some projects I don't even put a clear coat over the tung oil and it stays great.
