Episode 026 1995 - 96 Season

| House Inspector | Linseed Oil Uses | Tuck Pointing Brick | Homemade Potting Soil | Fixing Stuck Door | Cracked Grout | Caulking Windows | The CLOSING | |

To order a Video Tape, call 1-800-TO-BUILD and ask for Episode #026.


Linseed Oil Uses

Al Carrell: Linseed oil is literally hundred's of years old and yet it's still popular. Furniture refinishers use it a lot but it has a lot of handy uses around the home and for other things that you do all the time. For example, you take a cutting board and pour some of this stuff on there and then spread it out real good, so it covers the whole surface, and then after it has a chance to soak in real good you come back and you buff it a little bit and you've got it protected. It's great for protecting other things too. For example, if you're out in the field hunting, you can take a rag and put linseed oil on the gun stock at the end of the day and you'll cover up all the scratches and protect the wood.

It also protects a lot of other things too. For example, I always use it when I get ready to put tools away for the wintertime. You can take the stuff, rub it on the handle. It makes it protected and also makes it a lot softer on your hands. On other handles, like a hammer handle, you can do the same thing. And also, with a hammer, you know, sometimes the hammer head is loose. Well, the reason is probably because the wood has shrunk a little bit. And if you'll put it in a container, pour the linseed oil in there and let it soak, you're going to end up causing the wood to swell back up, and so you've removed a safety hazard. You know, fishing nets also can benefit. You soak this in the linseed oil. It'll work on fishing nets, it'll work on tennis nets, basketball nets and maybe even hair nets.

Episode 026 1995 - 96 Season

| House Inspector | Linseed Oil Uses | Tuck Pointing Brick | Homemade Potting Soil | Fixing Stuck Door | Cracked Grout | Caulking Windows | The CLOSING | |

To order a Video Tape, call 1-800-TO-BUILD and ask for Episode #026.