Danish Oil problem.

[Robbo3]

Bought a can of Rustin's Danish Oil from Axminster PTC last November but didn't open it until recently. Best description I can give of the smell is rancid, ie not the pungent Danish Oil of old which you could still smell three days later.

Even the replacement oil only has a feint aroma like it used to be but it did soak into a small piece of oak that I had turned & then submerged. The old oil looked like a surface layer of thick varnish with sags & runs.

Anyone else had this problem?

Axminster immediately replaced the product, offered an apology & told me the old oil was mine to do as I wished with as it wasn't cost effective to return it.

I emailed Rustins with all the numbers that I could find on the can, just in case they had a bad batch, but didn't hear anything back from them.

 

[Jacob]

You probably just need to give the tin a good shake.

 

[Robbo3]

You probably just need to give the tin a good shake.

I probably don't.

Extract from the waffle email from Rustin's in reply to my query,
"It has been generally accepted that Rustins Danish Oil is what it is, virtually what is known as a heritage-class coating, produced from the same kinds of natural substances that long-dead artists such as Leonardo DaVinci would have been quite familiar with."

Some 'well shaken' Danish oil decanted into a jar. It doesn't show the true wishy-washy light coffee colour.

 

[Jacob]

Looks OK to me.
It might be worth looking in the tin - I seem to remember waxy stuff settling out, maybe frost or sheer length of time. In which case it could need warming as well as shaking - stand the tin in hot water don't try direct heat or you could get a big explosion.

 

[Neil Farrer]

Its off, you got a replacement, chuck it - job done.