raw linseed oil

[Stuckie]

The person who built the house I'm living in painted raw linseed oil on the box board wooden ceiling. It has not dried during the four years I have been living in the house. Can I paint a drier on top of the linseed oil and will it eventually dry? Or is there another suggestion on how to un-stick the ceiling boards. I tried scraping it off with mineral spirits but that did not do much. Help!!!!

[Graham Knight]

Steam and a scraper should shift the worst of it, you could then apply boiled linseed or some other drying oil.

[Wild Wassa]

There is one problem with using a dryer over old linseed, it is possible that the dryer can turn the oil black.

Scraping is your best bet. Using a carbide scraper. Bad luck and good luck.

Warren.