Jokerman
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Can anyone who knows the answer please get back to me.
Apart from the obvious what's the difference between boiled and raw linseed oil. According to my new Guru, Alan Herd, he cuts his French polish with 1/3 linseed oil to act as a lubricant. What type should I use.
Like most woodworkers I's as poor as a church mouse and don't want to splash out on stuff I don't need. I've got a bottle of boiled oil as well as the polish so I've got stuff at hand if it'll work. I then want to Briwax on top as a final finish.
What I'm making is a small box, using lovely figured, 1/4 sawn reclaimed planed down oak, to be a treasure box. What I mean is a quite small box, dovetailed etc in which my daughter, who's just had her first baby can keep things like the bracelet they put on at the hospital. The first lock of hair from the first haircut. Little gold or silver christening gifts from friends and family, the first baby tooth that comes out. All the stuff that means a lot at the time but ends up stuck in the back of a drawer for years and then gets lost when you move house.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks people.
M
Apart from the obvious what's the difference between boiled and raw linseed oil. According to my new Guru, Alan Herd, he cuts his French polish with 1/3 linseed oil to act as a lubricant. What type should I use.
Like most woodworkers I's as poor as a church mouse and don't want to splash out on stuff I don't need. I've got a bottle of boiled oil as well as the polish so I've got stuff at hand if it'll work. I then want to Briwax on top as a final finish.
What I'm making is a small box, using lovely figured, 1/4 sawn reclaimed planed down oak, to be a treasure box. What I mean is a quite small box, dovetailed etc in which my daughter, who's just had her first baby can keep things like the bracelet they put on at the hospital. The first lock of hair from the first haircut. Little gold or silver christening gifts from friends and family, the first baby tooth that comes out. All the stuff that means a lot at the time but ends up stuck in the back of a drawer for years and then gets lost when you move house.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks people.
M