I applied this technique to our pine front door. The look on my girl's face when she walked around the corner while I was "burning" the door we just bought a day earlier was pricless. lol
I haven't coated it with anything yet though so I'm interested in the hot oil you're applying. Seems you're getting great penetration or are you wiping off the oil. From the pics it looks like you're putting lots of oil on, is it all soaking in?