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12Bore

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 12:28 pm Post subject: Could I use...
... veg oil to seal the wooden seats on a couple of outdoor chairs? I can't really justify buying a bottle of teak oil for such a small job, and don't really want to smother them with yacht varnish.

sean
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 12:33 pm Post subject:
No. It won't work and it'll go rancid I think. Our hardware store sells little bottles of teak oil and the like, doesn't yours?

Hairyloon

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 12:43 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

No. It won't work and it'll go rancid I think.

You start seeming very certain, then go less so.
Linseed oil is vegetable and is widely used on wood. Is lin very different from rape?

sean
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 12:48 pm Post subject:
Yep. It's more processed than food oils (boiled at least I think). If the OP's hardware store doesn't have little bottles of teak oil then I do know that almond oil doesn't go rancid, that might work. Chemists sell it in little bottles.

T.G

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 12:51 pm Post subject:
would olive oil work?

gz

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 12:51 pm Post subject:
When you use linseed oil, use boiled linseed oil for furniture. Not sure what you'd use the raw stuff for

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 1:11 pm Post subject:
Raw linseed oil can be used for protecting wood, it just dries much slower IIRC. I think that's the problem with using something like rape/sunflower veg oil, not that it goes rancid - unless you plan to eat off the chair - but that it doesn't dry. So, you'll end up sticking to the chair.

chicken feed

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 1:13 pm Post subject:
i use olive oil on my wooden work tops and the hard wood on the spa pool with no adverse effects.

naomij

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 1:21 pm Post subject:
I've found olive oil to be fine on all wooden things, chopping boards/plates/furniture/toys, though for furniture/toys usually melt some beeswax in and brush on hot so it absorbs well abs gives lovely colour. I think you can get boiled linseed in art shops but I keep forgetting.

Katieowl

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 1:22 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Raw linseed oil can be used for protecting wood, it just dries much slower IIRC.

I think that's the problem with using something like rape/sunflower veg oil, not that it goes rancid - unless you plan to eat off the chair - but that it doesn't dry. So, you'll end up sticking to the chair.

Yeah most commercial stuff like danish oil and teak oil have 'driers' in so they ermm..dry

Prolly worth lashing out for a small bottle of proper stuff, as you have to re-do it from time to time..it's not a one off procedure.

Kate

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 8:36 pm Post subject:
Well, I failed dismally, I went to the only independent hardware store left in Warrington (that I know of) and they hadn't any teak oil, so I'll have to try B&Q later. Thanks anyway.

chez

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 8:43 pm Post subject:
Ikea? I know they do little tins of it for their worktops etc. Also, what about asking on freecycle? Might be someone who has the end of a tin hidden somewhere.

12Bore

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 8:46 pm Post subject:
Hmmm. IKEA is about 10 mins away, and I usually avoid it like the plague. I have to pass it tomorrow, would it be a good day to try? Sould be a shortage of Daily Mail and Express readers at least!

chez

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 8:54 pm Post subject:
Go early. Do not pass go. Do not collect �100. Run away fast. And check on the website that I am not making that up ...

12Bore

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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 11 9:02 pm Post subject:
Can't see it on the website, might have a look in the little hardware shop in Oswaldtwistle when we go over to my mum's tomorrow (if they're open).

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