Bye bye BLO....

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by ProfessorM

....... I usually wait at least a week most times as I got plenty of stuff in various stages, ........

Sort of the understatement of the year I'd say.

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Sort of the understatement of the year I'd say.

Hey hey hey , but true

I'm off to work right now so later I can band saw up some stock to start some more plugs, not finishing the many that are in various stages of completion.
That is my goal though this year to finish up stuff I have already started, really it is.

[chefchris401]

joe are still using the blended tung oil??

[Hookset]

This is a great post with a ton of information. I have been using BLO, but to be honest it scares me thinking I could burn the place down. Luckily it has been farily cold and I just dry the plugs with a couple paper towls and thow them in the fire place to get rid of. That Tung oil sounds great, but expensive. I may give it a try when my current mixed BLO is gone.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by chefchris401

joe are still using the blended tung oil??

still using it... have changed the mixture to a 50/50 mix with poly utrethain, thinnned with about 20% oderless minerl spirits... this combo is less prone to skinning and is less expensive.. dries quickly and never bleeds through... off season I store in 1 gallon paint cans filled to capacity and sealed with duct tape... at the start of the season the mixture is poured through a paint funel into the tubes i use to dip my plugs in... after the plugs have been "dipped and dripped" I put covers on the 3" PVC tubes I use to dip my plugs in and cap them off with a wedge shaped cover ( so I can get them out) the solution in the tubes requires stirring each time I need to use it...

[smac]

Great post. So glad I have 3 gallons of val oil on the shelf.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by smac

Great post. So glad I have 3 gallons of val oil on the shelf.

I still use Val Oil and if it is unopened I'd gladly buy it from you.