Warning About Sealers!

[Dr.fish]

I've been using Val oil/MS or Turpentine since I started this maddness. I have settled on val oil/odorless MS (not the "green" odorless MS). I had never heard about a problem with heat generation with val oil until this thread, nor have I experienced it. However I do spread the wipe rags to dry so that may be the reason for not noticing. I don't think that anything will defeat Mother Nature. Boat builders have been trying to "waterproof" wood for centuries...there are lots of "waterlogged" boats sitting on the bottom of ponds and oceans that are testiment to our inability to waterproof wood. Try as we may our coatings will eventually fail for any number of reasons, hook swing is a biach and a yellow eyed devil will surely punch holes in epoxy. But hey it's fun to try.

[Charleston]

When I was using BLO and MS I used paper towels to0 wipe them. Then without crumbling them I would place them in a paper bag. When done I placed the paper bag in our trash receptacle leaving it open to breath. When it was time to put the trash to the street for collection I would close the paper bag.
I never experienced a problem.

[BigFish]

Its not a myth......thats for sure! One of the guys on here told of how he almost burned his shop down because of this.