"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:43:44 GMT, rock wrote:

I want to know if Boiled linseed Oil has a shelf life.

Depends. If it's 15 years old, it's probably solid. If it's 50 years
old (old enough to have used lead driers) and the lid was tight against
moisture, then it's just about ready. The age behaviour of boiled
linseed oil depends a lot on how it was prepared - which metal was used
as the siccative ? Was it de-acidified ? How has it been stored ?

If it still flows, then it probably still works. But if it had any iron
in it (often for a coloured oil) then it'll remain sticky for ever more
and will never fully cure on the surface.

Personally I'd bin it.

why not just try it on a piece of scrap and see?