My wood sealing experiment

[Woodbuster]

Plug # 1 (12 hr oil) Total gain =5.1 grams

Plug # 2 (5 min oil) Total gain =4.0 grams (no, I didnt mix them up!)

Plug # 3 (unsealed) Total gain =7.6 grams

Plug # 4 (cover stain) Total gain =2.0 grams

I have no idea how or why plug # 1 took on more water than the one that was soaked for only 5 minutes. I also was very surprised by the plug with just the cover stain. I'm thinking about another experiment with a thinned out version of cover stain in multiple coats.
If your interested in the hourly breakdown I can get that for you also.

[Tagger]

I'm using val oil ,,but soak for much shorter periods now 2 hrs. I use to forget about them,, left some down for days.. Had a severe case of paint shrivel on those .. Your test insn't done for about a month ,,until you see how paint reacts to sealer overkill .

[Woodbuster]

I dont see myself using the linseed oil much anymore after this.
It seems that the water almost disolves it or something.

I may try the same thing with Tung oil, or Val oil if I can find it.

[ProfessorM]

I forgot about some super dry 30 year old pine I left in the a Val-terp cocktail for 30 hours. It still smells like terps a year later. Epoxy fell off first time I trolled them but I still use them anyway. I too now go 2 to 3 hours max for soft wood and 5 or 6 max for Maple. Seems to work. I still get the terp smell but I let them dry for 2 weeks in my sun room and it seems to disappear evenutally. I hate that stink. Thanks for the test results. P.

[stripercrazy]

thanks, I had some poppers and needles split this fall, they may have been broom handles or they were wooden dowels, I was useing val and paint thinner 50/50 they may have been bad wood, but the paint stuck good ed

[Raven]

all the old houses that had wood gutters.........where i grew up

had cans of linseed oil in the basement...
the gutter drain hole got plugged first.........
they would pour the whole gallon or two into the gutters

and then let it soak in..... going back and brushing it around during a sunny week ...or longer...

later...after seeing some of these old wooden gutters
taken down to
be replaced by lighter metal ones...

i noticed that the wood had finally rotted and the acidic PH of
the rain had washed all the linseed oil away...