> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oldtools@l...
> [mailto:owner-oldtools@l... Behalf Of Gary
> Roberts
> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 5:13 AM
> To: oldtools@w...
> Subject: Re: Cleaning and refinishing wooden planes
>
> In response to the oily substance that never dried. In all
> likelyhood... boiled linseed oil or even raw linseed oil. Neither of
> which will ever dry to a hard film.

I'm sorry to offer a direct contradiction, but very infrequently I've
given my two wooden planes a rub of boiled linseed oil. Most of my
self-made workshop jigs and gadgets are made in European Beech and
given the odd rub of oil. No problems.

However, I cursed the day when after trueing up my beech bench top I
swilled raw linseed oil on the top and rubbed it in. It took a week or
two to dry, after contaminating paper and workpieces left on the 'dry'
surface.

Maybe the frequently reported Murrican problems are due to local
factors not often applying in Ukadia.

Jeff
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
Jeff@m...
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