removing linseed oil

[jboudib]

I bought Nth Qld hardwood and the supplier said to coat with linseed oil and turbs to preserve the hardwood.
Unfortunately I didn't know that painting onto linseed oil was impossible. How do I remove the linseed or even better how do I paint onto the linseed coating. The hardwood colour isn't the same and therefore I want to hide this by painting.

[ozwinner]

Youll probably need something like this.




Al

[Sturdee]

Although Al's idea is probably the easiest you could try the following on a small piece.

Wash and rub down with turps and steelwool to remove the oiliness, when dry rub again with steel wool or a light sand and give it a coat of shellac. Then paint as normal.

Try it on a small piece for whilst I understand it will work I have never needed to try it so no guarantees. If you do let us know if it worked.


Peter.

[R. McCarthy]

Flooding with methylated spirits and sun drying should work - slow process though !!

[JB]

I'd be surprised if some paints weren't compatible with linseed oil (they ALL used to be), making cleaning it off unnecessary. Paint store staff would know. Good luck.

[ubeaut]

Should be no reason why you can't paint over it with an oil based paint although finding an oil based paint these days might be a bit of a task. Any paint that uses turpentine as a thinned should work.

Cheers - Neil

PS I think Solver and Haymes still have some oil based paints..... Worth a try.

[jboudib]

thanks for the advise. i have been to a dulux store and was told that they could not guarantee that oil based paints and especially water based paints would stick to the linseed oil. I will try steel wool and turbs.