On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 17:27:29 EDT JPagona@a... writes:
>GG's
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>3.  Which oil is best for saturation, boiled or raw linseed oil?
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Raw.  The boiled oil might polymerise too soon and plug the pores.

When you put the plane in the oil to saturate it be sure to leave one end
out
in the air.  THis is necessary for capillary action to wick the oil up
and
through the wood.  If you immerse it completely you'll trap air in the
wood and get incomplete penetration.

I have saturated chiselhandles and an odd piece or two of beech with tung
oil  That seems to eork fine and it penetrates throught to the top
suprisingly
fast, a matter of a couple of hours for a 3" long piece.

I wouldn't try that (well I might try it but I wouldn't expect good
results)
with any tung oil finishes, just the pure stuff.