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- From: boylan@sltg04.ljo.dec.com (Steve Boylan)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: Care & Feeding of Staves
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.183039.5037@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:30:39 GMT
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- A bit more on "ritual-grade" wood finishes . . .
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- I did some checking. Beeswax won't dissolve in linseed oil, but
- (as Corun mentioned) you can melt it into the oil if you heat
- it (VERY carefully!).
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- You CAN dissolved beeswax into turpentine (distilled from the
- sap of certain kinds of pine trees). I gather some wood finishers
- use this as a polish, but the turpentine will smell awful for a
- few days.
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- Another natural oil that produces a beautiful finish is pure Tung
- oil, extracted from nuts, but pure Tung oil is hard to find.
- It's kind of a specialized woodworking product.
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- I hope this helps!
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- - - Steve
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- boylan@ljohub.enet.dec.com
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