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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:29:46 PM EDT
Is tung oil and boiled lindseed oil suddenly hard to come by?

Wal-Mart and Home Depot don't carry either around here and the can of Tung Oil I found is $20.

Has everyone gone to poly something or am I just having bad luck?
Link Posted: 10/28/2010 1:33:45 PM EDT
[#1]
Try a real hardware store.

All four of the small ones in my town have Formby's Tung Oil and at least two have BLO.
Link Posted: 10/29/2010 6:30:54 AM EDT
[#2]
Ace Westlake in my area caries them..
Link Posted: 10/29/2010 6:40:37 AM EDT
[#3]
Ace in my area only had a small bottle of tung oil and it was expensive. They did stock BLO at a reasonable price.

Is tung oil petroleum based? The price seems to have gone through the roof.
Link Posted: 10/29/2010 7:21:17 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
Ace in my area only had a small bottle of tung oil and it was expensive. They did stock BLO at a reasonable price.

Is tung oil petroleum based? The price seems to have gone through the roof.


I believe commercial tung oil contains petroleum products.

Regardless, you don't need much.  You just wipe on a thin coating with a rag, let it dry, then repeat several times, knocking down the grain between coats after it dries.
Link Posted: 10/29/2010 8:31:51 AM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Ace in my area only had a small bottle of tung oil and it was expensive. They did stock BLO at a reasonable price.

Is tung oil petroleum based? The price seems to have gone through the roof.


I believe commercial tung oil contains petroleum products.

Regardless, you don't need much.  You just wipe on a thin coating with a rag, let it dry, then repeat several times, knocking down the grain between coats after it dries.


Very true with gunstocks, but doing furniture requires a bit more oil.
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