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Sir Wolf:
boiled linseed oil over an old gril. make sure the linseed and the fire never meet or u got big flames! lol. put some tin foil or a cookie sheet down first. it blacked my helmet with a red hugh. oh SOAK YOUR LINSEED OIL RAG! then get rid of it. boiled linseed oil can randomly combust and burn down your house. i know someone who had this happen to his shop;
Sir Brian:
--- Quote ---manufacturer’s warning that all oil-soaked rags should be stored under water in a covered, metal container, or washed before storage or disposal.
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Very true about linseed oil spontaneously combusting while it oxidizes, therefore you should hand wash them prior to disposal and as an additional precaution I seal them in a Ziploc bag while still wet. ;)
Sir Patrick:
--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2013-08-01, 01:54:13 ---boiled linseed oil over an old gril. make sure the linseed and the fire never meet or u got big flames! lol. put some tin foil or a cookie sheet down first. it blacked my helmet with a red hugh. oh SOAK YOUR LINSEED OIL RAG! then get rid of it. boiled linseed oil can randomly combust and burn down your house. i know someone who had this happen to his shop;
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This may sound stupid, but do you close the grill? That's a big grill to stuff a helmet in!
Sir Wolf:
i did but my helmet was smaller.
but i have seen people lite a fire and put the helmet on a stand above it and pour motor oil on the helmet. lol WHOOSH goes the fire hehehehe
Sir William:
--- Quote from: Sir Patrick on 2013-07-31, 22:32:04 ---
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2013-07-31, 21:31:30 ---Not if you avoid it. ;)
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You make it sound easy.
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Well, to say so is easy- it is the doing that isn't, not so much. Sir Wolf's suggestion of a grill is one I've heard of being successful before. Well away from the house (and yourself).
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