Boiled Linseed Oil

[Pete Malquest]

I need some help if you will. I have a 1949 Old Town 15' closed bow skiff. It has been out of the water for about 6 yrs. I have replaced all of the ribs and gunnels. Getting ready to Varnish the inside and want to preserve the would as best as I can. The hull is ceder and in great shape but the ribs are of ash and am a bit concerned about long term stability. Ribs were steamed when placed and seem to be a bit dry now. Please, any thoughts?

[windfall]

a good douse with linseed oil and turps never hurts

[Jamaica Mike]

Pick a warm day. Apply a SINGLE coat of boiled linseed oil. When it solidifies, apply oil based spar varnish.

JM

[Bob Smalser]

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Here's a tried and true recipe that'll cure your gout, too...apply hot, leave out the beeswax and add some Japan Drier if you want paint or varnish atop. The drier allows you to put something in the way of a topcoat over it inside of a month without it softening that topcoat from beneath.

Like all linseed brews, it turns black in UV in one season, of course, so it'll need paint or spar over it to prevent that.

Before I apply it, though, I like to give the wood a good soak in 25pct copper napthanate...Jasco makes such a clear wood preservative available inexpensively at Home Depot.

[ 05-09-2004, 10:36 PM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Dan Lindberg]

Or if you don't want it to darken, use tung oil instead.

Dan

[Venchka]

Originally posted by Bob Smalser:
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Before I apply it, though, I like to give the wood a good soak in 25pct copper napthanate...Jasco makes such a clear wood preservative available inexpensively at Home Depot.

[/QB]Bob,

Is the Jasco (or equal) product safe for the interior of a small cabin boat? Say something like the boat you recently restored for your daughter? Would you need to paint over the preservative to make it safe?

Thanks!

Wayne

[Bob Smalser]

I can't get too excited about copper's toxicity. I'm soaking the interior in copper napthanate...followed by 50/50 hot linseed....followed by a thin coat of white oil paint. I'd use a thinned wash coat of white lead with drier if I could get it.

I and many others grew up with these and worse materials...like Penta, Chlordane, etc...in boatyards and on the farm...none of my kin got cancer from them...and my brain damage is only light to moderate.

[Venchka]

I hear you. Chlordane would solve the Swamp's termite problems pronto. So, sleeping aboard a copper napthanate soaked hull wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen. Doing something really stupid at the helm will probably kill me quicker! :D

The DDT ban has made brown pelicans and bald eagles plentiful again around here. That's a good thing.