[Cob] Linseed and sunflower oil

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 jane at kirstinelund.dk wrote:

[snip]
> And a warning: From what I have learned you risk spontaneous combustion
> with ALL linseed oil, not only boiled. So never leave linseed oil soaked
> paper or cloth around. The simplest thing is to burn it right away, or at
[snip]

The danger is while it is drying, so the recommended practice (on the
side of my cans of linseed oil) is to simply spread the cloth or paper out
flat in the sun outside until it dries (I usually weight it down with a
rock), then discard.


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