French polish and oil

[prav]

Someone at Club heard of a oil used for french polish called Knochen ol (with a double hyphen over the o!). An old German cabinet maker was the source. Supposedly clear.
Anyone heard of this or know where to get this?

[ubeaut]

For what it's worth the word Knochen means bone in German so maybe it's bone oil but I seriouslyu doubt it as that stuff was almost black and smelled disgusting. I would think it's probably a persons name or brand name, and beinc clear I would hazard a guess at it being paraffin oil (mineral oil).

Parffin oil is often used for French polishing and is my favourite. There's no colour and it is a non drying oil which means you can walk away from the job without thaving to remove the oil off, come back a week or even a month later and pick up where you left off as it won't skin like linseed oil.

Hope this is of some help.

Cheers - Neil