gtsum
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After a few applications it will look like penny. Love my linseed oil finish
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Dayum that's a purdy girl!
More importantly how do you like cooking on it?
It was boiled - everything I read or had been told was to use boiled - hopefully that was correct
I use the polymerized linseed only, it has a higher viscosity = thicker coats, dries quite a lot faster, and even better it's 100% foodgrade (isn't death poison) so it's great even inside pits, on food-grates, or wooden cutting boards, pretty much anything really. Great stuff!
Do you have a link to the brand that you use?
I have tried the one mentioned above and liked the fact that it did not have the drying agents but hardened up a lot faster than raw flax oil.
https://www.triedandtruewoodfinish.com/products/danish-oil/
Another one of the better points about the polymerized is that it does NOT self-combust, this is a huge bonus in my eyes because it's just way to easy to absentmindedly throw a rag or otherwise in the trash.
Dayum that's a purdy girl!
More importantly how do you like cooking on it?
There is a long thread below in a woodworking forum that contends that even polymerized linseed oil can auto-ignite rags. I will contact Tried and True again to see if they can clarify.
https://www.finewoodworking.com/forum/spontaneous-combustion-why-whats-the-reaction-that-starts-it
"Tried and True may have no drying agents (in the form of metallic driers), but these are still drying oils and can still potentially create spontaneous combustion. They, like raw linseed oil, dry slowly, and run less risk than some other drying oils and varnishes, but that's just an artifact of being really slow curing--mostly a negative thing in my point of view. The point is that it is the basic curing process of the oils or varnishes that create the problem--"drying agents" only speed the process."
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"Polymerized means that the linseed oil is heated to a particular temperature and then cooled. The heating causes partial polymerization (curing) allowing the oil to further polymerize more rapidly when applied to the wood. Heating linseed oil is the old and very unsafe process used to cause linseed oil to cure much faster. It's the basis for the word "boiled" in relation to faster drying linseed oil.
The point is that anything--whether polymerization or adding chemical metallic compounds--added will cause the the more rapid build up of heat as the oil further polymerizes to the point of becoming a solid. Tried & True is just as dangerous boiled linseed oil made by the addition of metal driers."
So...what is the best way to dispose of your used linseed oil rags/sponges?
Seems a bad idea to throw in the trashcan for regular trash pickup, since it can spontaneously ignite....so, where/how do you throw it away?
Thanks in advance,
cayenne
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The other is to put the rags into a sealed container with the objective being the elimination of oxygen which is required for ignition. The type and style of container is debatable but as long as no additional oxygen can reach the rags you should be safe.
Just my 1/50th of buck..............