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80862 Mark Keenum keenum032mark@y... 2000‑07‑12 Re: Cleaning and refinishing wooden planes
Wolfgang,

Linseed oil is what is darkening your wooden planes. 
For this reason it is often maligned in restoration
circles (I guess maligned would be a mild way of
putting it).

I have had some innocuous looking wooden objects
(planes, saw handles) turn almost black when I applied
linseed oil to them.  This is certainly the exception
and I suspect they had previously come in contact with
a lot of water.

Be careful,
Mark

--- "Jordan Wolfgang Dr."
Wolfgang.Jordan@m... wrote:
> Galoots,
> 
>  I cleaned and refinished many planes of my growing
> collection using Anthony
> Seo's instructions
>
http://members.xoom.com/nlindsey/restoration/CleaningWoodPlanes/cleaning.htm
> l. His formula is basically a mixture of paint
> thinner, linseed oil and
> beeswax in equal parts. Applied with a pad this
> solution cleans and
> refinishes the wood, but the resulting color is a
> bit dark. Would I get a
> lighter color, if I used the ingredients of this
> solution separately, that
> is clean with paint thinner, then oil and wax? Are
> there better ways to
> clean and refinish a wooden plane?
> 
> Wolfgang


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