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[Cob] Re: Linseed oil and Bee's WaxUdit youdit at gmail.comSun Jun 12 08:04:30 CDT 2005
Would heating it up again, and then buffing help? Perhaps using a heat gun or hot hair dryer, or would that not make a difference since it's already set? udit On 6/12/05, Shannon C. Dealy <dealy at deatech.com> wrote: > > 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. > > Shannon C. Dealy | DeaTech Research Inc. > dealy at deatech.com | - Custom Software Development - > | Embedded Systems, Real-time, Device Drivers > Phone: (800) 467-5820 | Networking, Scientific & Engineering Applications > or: (541) 929-4089 | www.deatech.com <http://www.deatech.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > Coblist mailing list > Coblist at deatech.com > http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist > -- *udit* jacob, athan, & wednesday's mom "...when historians look back at the Bush presidency, they're more likely to note that what sets Bush apart is not the crises he managed but the crises he fabricated" -Harold Meyerson
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