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Formula for teak oil
Back in my High School days about 1973 my woodwork teacher told us about overpriced Teak Oil and gave us his recipe which worked well. I think I've also made it with PolyUrethane instead of Varnish though the project escapes me at the moment.
1/3 Boiled Linseed Oil 1/3 Varnish 1/3 Thinner The problem I have now is in Southern Mexico I can not find Linseed Oil of any type. Nor Tung Oil. The only items I've found are coloring stains and Varnishes and Thinners. Also liquid poisons to treat against termites which are common and reason for Concrete houses and steel door frames. Varnishes also seem to repel the termites Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Alec Fry wrote: Something I use quite a lot - and which always seems exorbitantly expensive - is teak oil. I've often wondered if it's possible to make my own, but I have never managed to discover the formula. Recently I tried a mixture of 50% linseed oil and 50% white spirit which seemed to work quite well. Does anyone know the "proper" formula, please - I imagine there must be some sort of preservative or fungicide added. Alec |
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On Wednesday, 19 December 2018 12:26:00 UTC, wrote:
Back in my High School days about 1973 my woodwork teacher told us about overpriced Teak Oil and gave us his recipe which worked well. I think I've also made it with PolyUrethane instead of Varnish though the project escapes me at the moment. 1/3 Boiled Linseed Oil 1/3 Varnish 1/3 Thinner The problem I have now is in Southern Mexico I can not find Linseed Oil of any type. Nor Tung Oil. The only items I've found are coloring stains and Varnishes and Thinners. Also liquid poisons to treat against termites which are common and reason for Concrete houses and steel door frames. Varnishes also seem to repel the termites Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Alec Fry wrote: Something I use quite a lot - and which always seems exorbitantly expensive - is teak oil. I've often wondered if it's possible to make my own, but I have never managed to discover the formula. Recently I tried a mixture of 50% linseed oil and 50% white spirit which seemed to work quite well. Does anyone know the "proper" formula, please - I imagine there must be some sort of preservative or fungicide added. Alec In South America, they soak timber in diesel oil to protect against termite.. Dunno how effective it is or how long it lasts. |
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On 19/12/2018 15:24, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
Wow... This has to be the record for oldest message dragged out of the archives and responded to! Your answer is almost 19 years late! I wonder if Alec is still looking for an answer? And it's not even a HomeownersHub response! On 19/12/2018 12:25, wrote: Back in my High School days about 1973 my woodwork teacher told us about overpriced Teak Oil and gave us his recipe which worked well. I think I've also made it with PolyUrethane instead of Varnish though the project escapes me at the moment. 1/3 Boiled Linseed Oil 1/3 Varnish 1/3 Thinner The problem I have now is in Southern Mexico I can not find Linseed Oil of any type. Nor Tung Oil. The only items I've found are coloring stains and Varnishes and Thinners. Also liquid poisons to treat against termites which are common and reason for Concrete houses and steel door frames. Varnishes also seem to repel the termites Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Alec Fry wrote: Something I use quite a lot - and which always seems exorbitantly expensive - is teak oil. I've often wondered if it's possible to make my own, but I have never managed to discover the formula. Recently I tried a mixture of 50% linseed oil and 50% white spirit which seemed to work quite well. Does anyone know the "proper" formula, please - I imagine there must be some sort of preservative or fungicide added. Alec As you'll see from my recent answer, I take it that Alec is searching for an answer today but has only been able to dig up an old post on the subject. BICBW Nick |
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On 19/12/18 15:24, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
Wow... This has to be the record for oldest message dragged out of the archives and responded to! Your answer is almost 19 years late! I wonder if Alec is still looking for an answer? I wonder, teak oil generally has a warning on the container that rags/clothes used to apply it/clean up can burst into flames. I always soak such rags etc in water before disposal but I'm curious if anyone has ever seen it happen? -- Smile for the camera ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxyL2_38EsQ Remarkable Coincidences: The Stock Market Crashes of 1929 and 2008 happened on the same date in October. In Oct 1907, a run on the Knickerbocker Trust Company led to the Great Depression. |
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:08:22 +0000, Brian Reay wrote:
I always soak such rags etc in water before disposal but I'm curious if anyone has ever seen it happen? Yes. Rags left on melamine-coated chipboard outside, used to wipe up excess linseed oil and a mix of linseed oil/white spirits. Nothing left but a large black burnt spot one day later. Sun and a it being a warm day probably contributed; it was maybe a double fistful of rags. Soak them in water, burn them, seal them in a tin, but don't chuck them in the workshop corner with the sawdust and planer chips, under the shelf with the lacquer thinner. Thomas Prufer |
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On 19/12/2018 16:08, Brian Reay wrote:
On 19/12/18 15:24, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: Wow... This has to be the record for oldest message dragged out of the archives and responded to! Your answer is almost 19 years late! I wonder if Alec is still looking for an answer? I wonder, teak oil generally has a warning on the container that rags/clothes used to apply it/clean up can burst into flames. I always soak such rags etc in water before disposal but I'm curious if anyone has ever seen it happen? Some years ago I had completed sanding the oak floor in my extension and given it a good first coat of oil. I put all the used abrasives, dust from the sander bags, oily rags etc in a bin liner and left it outside the back door. a couple of nights later I was sitting at the kitchen table reading the paper when I noticed a blazing fire just outside the back door, with orange flames six foot in the air, which seemed to have just appeared from nowhere. The catalysts which are the drying agents in finishing oils will generate some vigorous oxidisation in the right circumstances, and in my case the combination of dust, oil, rags and the closed bag meant that it got hot enough to really smoulder and once the outer bag melted and the air got in - whoosh. TW |
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In message , Brian Reay writes
On 19/12/18 15:24, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: Wow... This has to be the record for oldest message dragged out of the archives and responded to! Your answer is almost 19 years late! I wonder if Alec is still looking for an answer? I wonder, teak oil generally has a warning on the container that rags/clothes used to apply it/clean up can burst into flames. I always soak such rags etc in water before disposal but I'm curious if anyone has ever seen it happen? Happens with glass fibre resin oxidiser. Welding sparks setting paper towels smouldering is another workshop hazard. -- Tim Lamb |
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harry writes On Wednesday, 19 December 2018 12:26:00 UTC, wrote: Back in my High School days about 1973 my woodwork teacher told us about overpriced Teak Oil and gave us his recipe which worked well. I think I've also made it with PolyUrethane instead of Varnish though the project escapes me at the moment. 1/3 Boiled Linseed Oil 1/3 Varnish 1/3 Thinner The problem I have now is in Southern Mexico I can not find Linseed Oil of any type. Nor Tung Oil. The only items I've found are coloring stains and Varnishes and Thinners. Also liquid poisons to treat against termites which are common and reason for Concrete houses and steel door frames. Varnishes also seem to repel the termites Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Alec Fry wrote: Something I use quite a lot - and which always seems exorbitantly expensive - is teak oil. I've often wondered if it's possible to make my own, but I have never managed to discover the formula. Recently I tried a mixture of 50% linseed oil and 50% white spirit which seemed to work quite well. Does anyone know the "proper" formula, please - I imagine there must be some sort of preservative or fungicide added. Alec In South America, they soak timber in diesel oil to protect against termite. Dunno how effective it is or how long it lasts. Waste engine oil and creosote not uncommon. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 19/12/2018 20:03, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Brian Reay writes On 19/12/18 15:24, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: Wow... Â*This has to be the record for oldest message dragged out of the archives and responded to! Your answer is almost 19 years late! I wonder if Alec is still looking for an answer? I wonder, teak oil generally has a warning on the container that rags/clothes used to apply it/clean up can burst into flames. I always soak such rags etc in water before disposal but I'm curious if anyone has ever seen it happen? Happens with glass fibre resin oxidiser. Welding sparks setting paper towels smouldering is another workshop hazard. And angle grinder sparks will ignite polyester boiler suits in the groin area. DAMHIK. |
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Never saw the reply must be in my kill file.
Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "newshound" wrote in message ... On 19/12/2018 20:03, Tim Lamb wrote: In message , Brian Reay writes On 19/12/18 15:24, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: Wow... This has to be the record for oldest message dragged out of the archives and responded to! Your answer is almost 19 years late! I wonder if Alec is still looking for an answer? I wonder, teak oil generally has a warning on the container that rags/clothes used to apply it/clean up can burst into flames. I always soak such rags etc in water before disposal but I'm curious if anyone has ever seen it happen? Happens with glass fibre resin oxidiser. Welding sparks setting paper towels smouldering is another workshop hazard. And angle grinder sparks will ignite polyester boiler suits in the groin area. DAMHIK. |
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On 21/12/2018 21:48, newshound wrote:
And angle grinder sparks will ignite polyester boiler suits in the groin area. DAMHIK. Ha Ha! Nice one! TW |
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writes On 21/12/2018 21:48, newshound wrote: And angle grinder sparks will ignite polyester boiler suits in the groin area. DAMHIK. Ha Ha! Nice one! Cotton is safer. Marginally:-( -- Tim Lamb |
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"Tim Lamb" wrote in message ... In message , TimW writes On 21/12/2018 21:48, newshound wrote: And angle grinder sparks will ignite polyester boiler suits in the groin area. DAMHIK. Ha Ha! Nice one! Cotton is safer. Marginally:-( Lot better than marginally in fact. |
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:48:22 +0000
newshound wrote: On 19/12/2018 20:03, Tim Lamb wrote: Welding sparks setting paper towels smouldering is another workshop hazard. [...] And angle grinder sparks will ignite polyester boiler suits in the groin area. DAMHIK. After years of showering my occasionally combusting jeans with welding and grinding sparks I bought a leather apron. |
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