Boiled linseed oil has a crust on it

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Bottle, I think from Harbor Freight, has a cap but obviously not air tight. No way to peel off the skin but requires a new bottle with a tight cap.
Thanks. BTW, used to live in Washington County, KY.
 
It should be possible to peel off most of the skin by puncturing it around the outside edge with a narrow (1/8 - 1/4") tool , such as one blade of a sharp scissors , a miniature scraper or chisel , or even a dental pick .
 
1080Wayne said:
It should be possible to peel off most of the skin by puncturing it around the outside edge with a narrow (1/8 - 1/4") tool , such as one blade of a sharp scissors , a miniature scraper or chisel , or even a dental pick .
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I'll try it but the opening is about the size of a dime. Will search for a bottle with a tighter lid.
 
egnald said:
I really like the stop loss bags for storing finishes. So far they have been working great for my linseed oil. - Dave
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This is an excellent suggestion.

That said, I had a really bad experience when decanting some McCloskey's Man-o-War varnish into a Stop-Loss Bag. I was cautious enough to attempt the transfer while holding everything over a garbage pail, but - - - the opening in a Stop-Loss bag is small, so the transfer must be done slowly. I do have a small funnel that fits the opening, but even so it must be done slowly. So I was holding the bag with my left hand, and the newly opened quart can of varnish with my right hand., Don't know exactly what happened, but the can slipped out of my hand and fell into the garbage pail full of shavings and sanding dust. And of course, in the process, some of the varnish splashed on the flannel shirt I was wearing at the time. Bottom line - most of a brand new can of very expensive varnish was dumped into the garbage pail, and my flannel shirt was soaked in varnish.

Soaking flannel with varnish results in bakelite. The only good thing I can report is that the shirt was one that wife bought at a thrift shop thinking it was wool and planning to experiment with making felt. It turned out to actually be cotton. It's not especially pretty, but I find that its great for wearing around the house in the winter. Even with that hard patch on the front where it was soaked in varnish.

But the varnish that I was able to get into the Stop Loss bag is still good - four years later.
 
monophoto said:
This is an excellent suggestion.

That said, I had a really bad experience when decanting some McCloskey's Man-o-War varnish into a Stop-Loss Bag. I was cautious enough to attempt the transfer while holding everything over a garbage pail, but - - - the opening in a Stop-Loss bag is small, so the transfer must be done slowly. I do have a small funnel that fits the opening, but even so it must be done slowly. So I was holding the bag with my left hand, and the newly opened quart can of varnish with my right hand., Don't know exactly what happened, but the can slipped out of my hand and fell into the garbage pail full of shavings and sanding dust. And of course, in the process, some of the varnish splashed on the flannel shirt I was wearing at the time. Bottom line - most of a brand new can of very expensive varnish was dumped into the garbage pail, and my flannel shirt was soaked in varnish.

Soaking flannel with varnish results in bakelite. The only good thing I can report is that the shirt was one that wife bought at a thrift shop thinking it was wool and planning to experiment with making felt. It turned out to actually be cotton. It's not especially pretty, but I find that its great for wearing around the house in the winter. Even with that hard patch on the front where it was soaked in varnish.

But the varnish that I was able to get into the Stop Loss bag is still good - four years later.
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I didn't have quite the same level of disaster, but something very similar happened to me. I even made the "Filling Station" bag holding jig that was recommended by Stop Loss, well, a variation of it anyway, and it did help, but I've been considering an improved jig, one that contains the bag, supporting it from the sides as well as from the bottom. The trash can was a very good idea! - Dave
 
I'll add another vote for stop loss bags. FWIW, they also sell a specialized collapsible rubber funnel that seals around the nozzle of their bags. It holds onto the nozzle, and while you still need to have the bag resting on a tabletop of some kind, the way the stop loss funnel works, its WAY easier to use than just your average plastic or metal funnel slipped inside the nozzle. IMO, its worth buying the funnel because I haven't had any major mishaps filling my bags thus far. Occasionally I'll spill a bit myself because I'm holding the can with one hand, but the nozzle has never popped off the bag and sometimes its a bit of a pain to get off even.
 
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