Home made oil cloth
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Be after half ten tonight-working til then but as luck would have it I've got the book with recipe with it in with me
It only arrived yesterday evening and I'm on sleep in at work so might as well get paid to read it
I read that if stored folded it bonds even once dry. Powdering it or waxing it helps. Don't know how true that is?
TurboGirl
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Boiled linseed oil can self ignite on a bundled rag so be really careful, bushbros!
I used petroleum jelly and... uhhhhh... *sneaker-netting!*... beeswax, danged if I can remember where the recipe came from
and scaled it up for Barbour thorn dressing...
1oz Beeswax to 5oz Petroleum jelly, I used 4oz beeswax to 20oz petroleum jelly melted together in a bain marie in a 1.5l pyrex bowl. It did a big curtain fabric cotton cloak (full length, half circle- and- a- bit) but I should have applied another coat. It was a complete PIA to brush in and it ideally needs warming as and after you spread it to get it distributing evenly It added a considerable weight to the garment!
Coincidentally, I used the brush afterwards on my oak spinning wheel and then, all the rest of my wooden furniture as I found its an absolutely beaut polish Buff off well afterwards though as its a bit sticky.
BTW I bought the petroleum jelly from an animal feed supplier (its used as hoof dressing) and the 1oz beeswax off the bay, MUCH cheapness
I used petroleum jelly and... uhhhhh... *sneaker-netting!*... beeswax, danged if I can remember where the recipe came from
and scaled it up for Barbour thorn dressing...1oz Beeswax to 5oz Petroleum jelly, I used 4oz beeswax to 20oz petroleum jelly melted together in a bain marie in a 1.5l pyrex bowl. It did a big curtain fabric cotton cloak (full length, half circle- and- a- bit) but I should have applied another coat. It was a complete PIA to brush in and it ideally needs warming as and after you spread it to get it distributing evenly
It added a considerable weight to the garment!Coincidentally, I used the brush afterwards on my oak spinning wheel and then, all the rest of my wooden furniture as I found its an absolutely beaut polish
Buff off well afterwards though as its a bit sticky.BTW I bought the petroleum jelly from an animal feed supplier (its used as hoof dressing) and the 1oz beeswax off the bay, MUCH cheapness
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Sure, I know that TG, never a bad idea to metion it again mind!
Remember, I am talking about BOILED Linseed ( re-the drying )
You can add all sorts, Stockholm Tar ( Pine ) iron Oxided pigment, beeswax.
I have found boiled Linssed to be realy very good. ( but let it dry BEFORE you pack it away!.
Let us know how you get on.
Best.
C.
Remember, I am talking about BOILED Linseed ( re-the drying )
You can add all sorts, Stockholm Tar ( Pine ) iron Oxided pigment, beeswax.
I have found boiled Linssed to be realy very good. ( but let it dry BEFORE you pack it away!.
Let us know how you get on.
Best.
C.
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