[SEL] Warning, Linseed oil Luck

michael young mike17257 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 4 01:15:30 PST 2011


Kerry,

phew that was close!  I hope you thanked your wife - roses, chocolates, be
nice for a whole month - what ever it takes. etc. etc.  I often have those
nagging doubts when I'm back in the house.  Y'know when you've been welding
or whatever - is there something smoking away ready to go poof??!!  So I
trundle up the back at 11:00 or whenever to check it out.

Michael



On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Kerry <ozengine at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> The subject of using Boiled Linseed Oil for a protection finish has been
> talked about before.
> Yesterday afternoon I oiled an engine transporter in the shed and later
> used
> a rag to wipe of excess Linseed, looked good and as it to hot in the shed
> that was it.
> About 11.50 last night the wife woke me to tell me she could smell
> something
> burning both at the back and front of the house, when the brain got into
> gear I tought THE RAG and rushed to the shed.
> The air outside was full of burning paint smell and opening the shed door
> the shed was totally full of smelly smoke, the rag was smoldering and the
> wooden bench top was to hot to touch, several inches away on the bench was
> a
> 4 liter plastic bottle of turps.
> The luck part, The wife was still up reading and had windows opened because
> of the heat, the breeze carried the smell into the house, I found the rag
> before it ignited and exploded the plastic bottle of turps. I would have
> lost the shed and machinery.
> I knew that on the bottle is "Safety Directions : Soak rags in water after
> use to prevent spontaneous combustion" but had forgotten that bit and must
> have just put the rag on the bench when finished.
> one very lucky day.
>
> Kerry
>
> Kerry Morris
> Lithgow NSW Oz
> www.oldengine.org/members/kmorris/
>
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