[Anthony Filetti]

I am going to start using Bioled Linseed Oil for a finish. In some of the techniques used they also add either Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna oil based paint.
I would like to perform a test where I will test the BLO straight and also with each of the oil paints.
What I need to know is, is it safe to store either of the mixtures in a sealed plastic container, or does the container have to metal or glass?

I'm concerned the product might somehow melt the plastic.

Thanks,
Tony

[carver6]

I've never heard of BLO causing any problems with a plastic container. Just be sure to dispose of any oily rags properly so you don't have spontaneous (sp?) combustion issues. Don't need to read about you in the newspaper, unless it's about you receiving a wood carving award!

[Anthony Filetti]

...thats fer sure!! Thanks for the info.

[Kenny_S]

What's the difference between BLO and Purified LO?

Will the PLO work just as good. And I don't mean Palestinian Liberation Organization either.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

if I remember right the unboiled, regular linseed oil will not dry

[Kenny_S]

Yeup, go to the head of the class Dave. I made that mistake early in my carving career(if that is what this is). However, PLO can be boiled and it will harden up on a carving if dried long enough. Boy, sure wish I had this board 15 years ago when I started out. Sometimes I fell like a new carver. Thought maybe the newbie need not make the same mistake. I tend to not repeat what we have already discussed and sometimes the newbies don't recieve that information.
Thanks Dave for the reply.

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

Linseed oil 101 ....

Raw linseed oil will dry it just takes a LONG (weeks or months) time.

Boiled linseed oil is NOT boiled. It has solvents (dryers or accelerators) added to speed its drying time. Why they call it boiled, I can only guess. Possibly because some oil products have their drying characteristics changed if they are boiled and adding the chemicals to linseed oil makes it act that way.

As to the safety of storing it in plastic, I would guess that it would depend on the particular solvents that had been added to the linseed oil and the characteristics of the particular plastic used.

[Clifford_Parker]

While Plain_Ol_Ed is correct that modern, commercially produced, BLO is not boiled it got its name from exactly that process. Linseed oil was placed over a heat source to pre-polymerize the oils, release some of the volatile oils, and to reduce and thicken the oil to make it dry and cure faster.

Some gun stock makers still use the old (and far more dangerous) methods but it is much easier and safer to just buy the modern, chemically processed BLO.

[Anthony Filetti]

...you guys are really forcing me to learn something new everyday...


..interesting stuff!

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Originally Posted by Rocket39

...you guys are really forcing me to learn something new everyday...


..interesting stuff!

Yeh....makes the head hurt don't it?