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Offline doggonemess

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Boiled Linseed Oil and Linen backing?
« on: February 11, 2012, 07:53:41 pm »
Hi everyone,

I had a quick question - is there any reason that I would need to be concerned about using BLO on the entire linen backed bow? Is there something wrong with using BLO on the linen itself, or should I just keep it to the wood? I can't imagine it not getting on the linen, it would seep into it anyway over time. I just want to make sure that it's okay.

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Jamie
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Re: Boiled Linseed Oil and Linen backing?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 08:11:00 pm »
Jamie, there should be no problem using linseed oil on the linen backing unless you saturate it. If the glue saturated the linen it shouldn't take on extra linseed oil.
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Re: Boiled Linseed Oil and Linen backing?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2012, 12:13:55 am »
Excellent, thanks very much for this info. The glue was just a light layer, and I plan on applying the BLO very gently, with multiple thin layers, so I'll watch it carefully.

Thanks!
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Re: Boiled Linseed Oil and Linen backing?
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2012, 12:51:15 am »
You know, I had bad experience's with tung oil and linen backings. I had basically a shield of titebond between the oil and the linen, and it still soaked threw, making big dark discolored spots. It didn't look that bad, but it did soak threw.
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