[SEL] Engine finishes

[Mike Royster]

Hmmmmmm, that sounds an awful lot like the "Royster family secret recipe"! 
I can see once again my bad brother Steve sold out the family for a few 
pints of "Kentucky's finest".  At least it looks good on "my future 
inheritance" in the mountains of Asheville.  It looked great on the 
International in Portland this year Judge!

MR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judge Tommy Turner" <Lcjudge at scrtc.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Engine finishes


> Jimmy,
>    What I use is a mixture of 50% boiled linseed oil and 50% mineral
> spirits.  If you want to tint it a bit (say you have an old hunk of iron
> that has some original paint and you want to bring it out) you can add a
> little oil based paint, maybe a couple teaspoons per quart of linseed
> oil/mineral spirits mixture.  I've added a little deep red paint to the
> mixture to bring out the original red paint on an old hunk.  Its worked 
> well
> for me but to each his own.  I remember some discussion on Harry's site a
> few years ago where I mentioned the mixture I use.  One gent responded
> "don't ever do that... I'd never put that on one of my engines!".  I
> responded back that's fine, he never had to use it.  But, on my old iron
> I'll use what I want.
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim O'Hagan" <jdohagan at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 7:50 PM
> Subject: [SEL] Engine finishes
>
>
>> Hi, ,what is the recipe for coating of boiled linseed oil and[?] on
>> unpainted and rusty cast iron engines? Is it a mixture of Kero and 
>> linseed
>> oil or something else? Thanks Jimmy O'Hagan, Novato, Ca.  415 892 0236
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim O'Hagan
>>
>>
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