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[Cob] Re: Linseed oil and Bee's Wax

Shannon C. Dealy dealy at deatech.com
Sun Jun 12 01:28:10 CDT 2005


On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Pack McKibben wrote:

[snip]
> The wax completely melted in the linseed oil while
> on the stove.  When this liquid was placed on the
> floor, the cool floor immediately caused the warm
> liquid to solidify into a yellow waxy paste. Rubbing
> until my arms almost fell off still didn't make a
> polished look.  Only a dull floor with yellow wax
> in the indentations.
[snip]

As I recall, the mix was quite hot when we were applying it, uncomfortably
so (wearing heavy rubber gloves might be a good idea), and the bulk of
it was kept warm in the double boiler while we used smaller portions of
it.  It was also fairly warm in the building which probably helped.

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