Estate Sale Find
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Stuart in MN
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Interesting. Never heard of a linseed oil company in Red Wing, MN before - of course they make shoes there, but I doubt there was any connection.
Marc Benjamin
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Isn't $3 a little high for something like that at an Estate sale?
woody 73
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They got 1000's of little items in an entire household and a person marks prices at the speed of light as they want to dump everything for profit.
Not to long ago I found an unmarked punch & chisel set so I asked if they would take xyz dollars for it and the lady said SOLD!
Marc Benjamin
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Ok, so is $3 high or low?
Marc Benjamin
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For me it's high.
I'm normally at .25 to $1 (most times they're throw in's for other things I picked up) for garage fluids that may or may not actually have whatever they're supposed to have inside.
I'm normally at .25 to $1 (most times they're throw in's for other things I picked up) for garage fluids that may or may not actually have whatever they're supposed to have inside.
Dennis Leigh Henry
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What's really cool about this one is that its a PPG company....
disston
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I bought a can of linseed oil at a junk store many years ago. It was an almost full can. don't remember what I paid but it wasn't much. Finally got around to using some of this a few years later. It had turned rancid. An awful odor. Ended up throwing it away.
I never knew linseed oil could turn. Guess I learned one. Don't know how many years old this was but it was old.
Maybe a good idea to smell what's in that can of linseed oil?
I never knew linseed oil could turn. Guess I learned one. Don't know how many years old this was but it was old.
Maybe a good idea to smell what's in that can of linseed oil?
While I fully agree with keeping the rags under control, I think only the oil marked "boiled" generates heat. The boiled has metallic driers that harden the oil with exposure to oxygen and generate heat.Keep all finishing oil rags outside far away from anything that could catch fire. Seriously!
Many brand new houses with oil finished floors have burned to the ground when people left the used oil rags on the floor and left for the day.
dkroth
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disston
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Happened in Washington DC about 30 some years ago at the corner of 22nd St and Massachusetts Ave. Biggest fire I've ever seen. Fire Dept did a fine job of putting out the blaze but there was no saving the building. Large parts of the brick walls were compromised and the building looked like it was ready to fall over after the fire was out.
The owner of the building was a Private Contractor that showed up that night. The Fire Dept told him they would post security for that night but he had to come in tomorrow and start taking the building down for safety reasons. He told them the building would be saved and showed up the next day with scaffolding and materials to shore what was left back up. He then spent another year recreating the building he had just spent a year renovating.
The building is still there. Was once a private home but is now Condominiums. Has the exterior appearance of the early 20th Century building it once was but all of the interior extravagant mahogany and other wood could not be exactly copied. I've never been inside but have heard it is none the less very nice. Prime real estate, the North West corner of 22 & Mass.
I have another fire story that is almost better. The burning of the Church of Scientology. But I'll save that one for now.
The owner of the building was a Private Contractor that showed up that night. The Fire Dept told him they would post security for that night but he had to come in tomorrow and start taking the building down for safety reasons. He told them the building would be saved and showed up the next day with scaffolding and materials to shore what was left back up. He then spent another year recreating the building he had just spent a year renovating.
The building is still there. Was once a private home but is now Condominiums. Has the exterior appearance of the early 20th Century building it once was but all of the interior extravagant mahogany and other wood could not be exactly copied. I've never been inside but have heard it is none the less very nice. Prime real estate, the North West corner of 22 & Mass.
I have another fire story that is almost better. The burning of the Church of Scientology. But I'll save that one for now.
My Old Tools
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Even the old style BLO that was actually boiled and had no metal driers will spontaneously combust. A lot of oils will under the right conditions.
Dennis Leigh Henry
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$3 for an old can like that is a good price, imho. I've got several "cone top" quart cans of solvent that are pretty cool.. I'll take picts and share once I get home.. I think most purchased for $3 or lower... They all tell a story.
Not sure what to do with old linseed oil if the can is full and the product is bad (coagulated, rancid, or ??). Most latex paint I just pour out over the ground to let dry (or leave open in the can in the garage until dry). Fortunately, I've not had that problem with linseed type products...
Not sure what to do with old linseed oil if the can is full and the product is bad (coagulated, rancid, or ??). Most latex paint I just pour out over the ground to let dry (or leave open in the can in the garage until dry). Fortunately, I've not had that problem with linseed type products...
FJ 432
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Hasn't been the same since Scottie Bowman left....
fnieto
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I got my "redwings" back in 79 haha....Cool can though.
The top of the cap says "Raw." I don't think the top was ever removed. When I screwed off the top I really had to pry the induction sealing off which looked brand new. I smelled the Linwood oil and it barely had an odor (It was brown in color) I hear talk of using Linwood oil so when I saw it, I decided to get it in case I needed it for a future wood project. I was tempted to put some on my antique Heywood Wakefield Dining Room Table, but will try it on some spare wood to see how it acts first.
jakemac
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Linseed Oil is made from pressing the oils out of the seeds of the Flax plant. As such it is organic and can be subject to "spoiling". (although the "boiled" variety is somewhat resistant) To avoid this I transfer the oil to small glass bottles and seal the lids to keep out air. The picture is of a bottle that I filled almost 15yrs ago and is the last of that batch. It's still good.
Raw, or unboiled, linseed oil is oil in its most natural commercial form. It will take MUCH longer to dry. The "boiling" process adds ingredients (natural or synthetic) to the oil to allow it to dry faster and in a more timely manner.
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rodsnratfinks
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You have any pictures of your Heywood Wakefield table? I like HW. I have several pieces myself.
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It's a drop leaf table. I helped a co-worker with his car one or two times and he told I could have a commercial horizontal ice cream freezer he had. When I went to pick it up, his wife asked me if I wanted a Dining Room set. I said sure since I just bought my house and didn't have one. She gave me the table, chairs and hutch. The chairs and hutch I don't think is Heywood Wakefield. I didn't know what it was until a friend told me.
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Dennis Leigh Henry
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My cone top collection.. The Mr. Thinzit came from my uncle's estate. The others I picked up along the way for a buck or two at various auctions..
