Best treatment for these doors

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What is the best product to put on these doors to keep them looking natural rather than add a glossy varnish to them? They are oak veneered.

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Just noticed on Wickes site it says...

Door requires finishing using a suitable Ronseal paint, stain or varnish found in your local branch. These doors are not suitable for treatment/finishing with any kind of oil, wax or polish which will cause the oak veneer to de-laminate

Any suggestions for the product you’d use?
 
I'd use a satin or matt varnish.

Satin starts out looking natural, but if your put on three or four coats it starts to get a sheen.

Use a colourless varnish, not a tinted one. If you want to improve the colour, use a spirit-based wood dye such as colron (not the water based "refined" one) after light sanding and cleaning, and before you start to varnish.
 
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Just noticed on Wickes site it says...

Door requires finishing using a suitable Ronseal paint, stain or varnish found in your local branch. These doors are not suitable for treatment/finishing with any kind of oil, wax or polish which will cause the oak veneer to de-laminate

Any suggestions for the product you’d use?
I wonder why that is I have 12 oak veneer doors from a few suppliers - ebay - insolvency stock - seconds from local manufactures and I have used carls hardwax on all of them and not seen any veneer pealing, never even thought it would of been a problem, maybe I have been lucky. The hard wax gives a lovely non varnished look and does not fill the grain, one coat of that with a nother coat of their hardwax reviver and a buff up - not polish. But it is not cheap so maybe not something you could buy to do a test with incase if if doesn't work out.
I would also sand in-between coats and even the lightest of touches with the finest grade for the final finish if you can feel any rough areas especially in the groves.
 

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