Linseed Oil

[Benchwayze]

Anyone who uses linseed oil:

Here's a tip.
Buy raw linseed oil in larger quantities from a wholesaler if you can. It's cheaper that way, although it can look a bit 'cloudy'.

Just put it into one litre glass bottles and leave them out of the way on a high shelf for a few weeks. You should find all the gunk settles to the bottom of the bottle and you can decant it into smaller containers for ready-use.

It clears like a fine wine, I assure you. It becomes 'refined' enough to use for oil painting and there are no gummy deposits on the woodwork either.

Happy Chipping
John W

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi John

Welcome to the forum.

Cheers
Neil

 

[Benchwayze]

Thanks Neil and Hi everyone....
I'm a relative newcomer to woodwork. Only been at it for 50 years and still learning

 

[Pekka Huhta]

That's a good tip.

In addition to that, you can leave the oil for storage on the same glass bottles or jars - and leave them to a sunny place, as odd as it sounds. In the old times the painters bleached linseed oil in glass containers even for a year, for places where especially light color oil was needed. I have tried the same and it works, it also makes the oil dry a bit quicker.

Pekka