[TheForge] Re (kl) Stabilization- More on Linseed Oil

[Bruce Freeman]

I wondered about some of those warnings myself.  

However, Japan drier is apparently cobalt linoleate.  Cobalt is not something you want to eat, though I'd have to look it up to find what exactly the toxicity is.

BTW, once more I would like to point out that for the applications we generally need it for, linseed oil has no particular advantage over polyunsaturated cooking oil.  

Bruce
NJ

>>> davesmucker at hotmail.com 5/2/2005 7:52:34 PM >>>
I too find this interesting and I have started to notice that many of the 
"warning" are becoming generic.  In other words it is too much trouble to 
give you the warning "facts" about this products so just include the worst 
case warning, most folks don't read them anyway.  You see this on a lot of 
paint products etc.  Or they may have very low amount of a given item and 
still you have the full blown "cover your ass" warning.  Another place I 
have notice this is on welding rods.  I got some mild steel TIG material the 
other day and you would think form "read this warning" that the stuff would 
kill you. "Bull Shit" is all I have to say. (Some welding rods can be a real 
problem but mild steel tig rods ???? no flux, limited heavy metals etc." 
come on.)

Dave Smucker

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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re (kl) Stabilization- More on Linseed Oil


> Interesting.
> I used boiled (and I mean I took raw linseed oil and boiled it) as the 
> stabilizer for my earth floor, with excellent results but a fairly long 
> drying time.
> It would have been good if they had mentioned just WHY "boiled" linseed 
> oils present a heavy metal hazard: it just so happens that the dryers are 
> made of heavy metals, and I don't think that it's safe to assume that just 
> because "boiled" L.O. has dryers, that the alternative products don't have 
> similar drawbacks.
> The fire hazard is for real, though, with linseed...
> Andy g.
>
> Phlip wrote:
>
>>http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infxtra/inflin.shtm 
>>
>>
>>Saint Phlip,
>>CoD
>>
>>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>> Blacksmith's credo.
>>
>> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
>>cat.
>>
>>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>>And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>>
>>.
>>
>>
>>
>
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