[SEL] re: Saw Outfit Blade finish/now linseed oil

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Rob,

	I sometimes thin the boiled linseed oil with mineral spirits.  I've not 
noticed a great difference in the finished result other than the thinned 
will be a "lighter" coat.  I also have mixed a little oil based paint 
with it at times to give it a tint.  For example, if you have an 
original IHC Famous that has some original paint but quite a few bare 
spots, a teaspoon of oxblood red oil based paint in a pint of boiled 
linseed oil (thinned about 25% with mineral spirits) will make the bare 
spots much less visible.  They then have a bit of a red tint to them and 
blend in better.  Boiled linseed oil was used in a lot of oil based 
paint at the turn of the century (the 20th) to give it gloss.  A heavy 
coat will have a glossy finish.  This is another reason to make it as 
thin as possible.  At times I've also used a Dupont Flattener to 
somewhat kill the gloss of the linseed oil.  The best thing to do is 
experiment a little and be patient.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



Rob Skinner wrote:

>>What really is "boiled" linseed oil? 
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