Ok guys,
        Mark says that linseed oil will darken the planes and
Walt says in a follow up post that linseed oil causes wood to
deteriorate in the long term.So, what is deemed acceptable and
will not change the patina of a 200 year old handplane?
   Should they just be waxed and buffed or just a light wipe
with linseed,mineral,tung oil or something else?Jim Thompson's
suggestion of a shellac coat just doesn't seem right to me.Can we
form some concensus of opinion here - maybe we can hear from the
restoration guys for their views on this .
            Phil Bassett - trying not to ruin the few woodies he owns.


>From: Mark Keenum keenum032mark@y...
>Reply-To: keenum032mark@y...
>To: Wolfgang.Jordan@m... Oldtools 
>OLDTOOLS@w...
>Subject: Re: Cleaning and refinishing wooden planes
>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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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