Marcus Ward writes:

> On this linseed oil for wooden planes, should one use raw linseed oil
> or boiled or the stuff that has dryers added to it? I have a number of
> wooden planes that would probably benefit from this.

Raw linseed oil has been used traditionally. Boiled linseed oils dries
out quickly to form a film and it is thought that it would not penetrate
the wood to any great extent. Raw linseed oil takes a while to dry in
conditions of medium to high humidity and the addition of some mineral
turps to the raw linseed oil speeds up the drying process.

Regards from Brisbane,

John Manners

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