Forum topic by Karda | posted 12-16-2017 05:30 AM | 1082 views | 0 times favorited | 42 replies | ![]() |
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12-16-2017 05:30 AM |
hi I got a can of boiled linseed oil, the can has the spot in the middle of the can and is very messy to pour can it be out in a plastic bottle that is easier to pour. Will it damage the plastic thanks Mike |
42 replies so far
#1 posted 12-16-2017 05:41 AM |
It’s sold in plastic sometimes so I think it |
#2 posted 12-16-2017 05:51 AM |
I think it’s sensitive to sunlight. Maybe? -- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior. |
#3 posted 12-16-2017 05:57 AM |
ok thanks |
#4 posted 12-16-2017 06:56 AM |
BLO is best kept in a sealed metal container for fire safety as BLO.will spontaneously combust before your eyes. |
#5 posted 12-16-2017 06:57 AM |
what about glass |
#6 posted 12-16-2017 08:38 AM |
In a closed container with no oxygen? I never would have thought that. I guess I’ve been lucky. -- Alaskan's for Global warming! |
#7 posted 12-16-2017 11:45 AM |
Personally, I’d avoid glass. Too easy to drop and shatter on my hard shop floors. Then you’ve got a real mess. |
#8 posted 12-16-2017 11:52 AM |
In a container BLO will not spontaneously combust. If it did any wood it was applied to would burn. It dries exothermically It generates heat while drying. Once it is on a rag and wadded up where the heat cannot dissipate you have the very real possibility of spontaneous combustion. The rags need to be stored in an airtight fireproof container. -- Bruce, Boise, ID |
#9 posted 12-16-2017 12:15 PM |
^^^^^What he said, put it in whatever you want…but the cautions about sunlight are true. It will darken a little with age even if it’s in a light tight container. -- Our village hasn't lost it's idiot, he was elected to congress. |
#10 posted 12-16-2017 01:52 PM |
I keep my BLO in the container from the factory as long as possible, but it gets transferred into old Tostitos salsa or queso jars for use. Yeah, sunlight will break it down a little, but not that much, and if you set it on a shelf that doesn’t get direct light, it’ll last for months. Nice thing about those jars is that the mouths are wide enough for a brush and if the lid gets sticky, you can heat it up with a torch (carefully!) to loosen the lid. -- Dave - Minneapolis |
#11 posted 12-16-2017 05:33 PM |
I store my boiled linseed oil in Hendrick’s gin bottles … -- Ron in Lilburn, Georgia. Knowing how to use a tool is more important than the tool in and of itself. |
#12 posted 12-16-2017 06:32 PM |
thanks for your advice, I bought a HF steel ammo can just for my oily rags its even camouflage pattered. not much light in my cellar butt I’ll get something dark thanks Mike |
#13 posted 12-16-2017 07:46 PM |
I finally got around to buying another can of BLO, since my original is running low. That said, look at the date of manufacture near the bottom of the can (26yr old). I have added a touch of Japan Dryer on occasion, but this stuff still works great on my Rosewood totes & knobs. -- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..." |
#14 posted 12-16-2017 07:54 PM |
Exactly, I was being sarcastic. -- Alaskan's for Global warming! |
#15 posted 12-16-2017 11:01 PM |
I am becoming more and more frustrated with the child proof plastic -- Graduated Valedictorian from the University of HardKnocks -- |
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