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Re: Tung Oil - is the friction a fiction?
From:
Met History <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
BP - "CAUTION: Learning Lurkers Hanging"
Date:
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:56:49 EST
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In a message dated 11/12/1999 11:49:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> The process we used in this shop was to sand down to 180 grit and then apply
>  three coats of tung oil.  After each coat we hand rubbed it in by hand.
The
>  heat friction of rubbing it in, the theory went, let the oil absorb into
the
>  wood much more efficiently.

So, would a hair dryer or heat gun avoid the blisters but do the same job
(plus possible added bonus of setting house on fire)?

Christopher Gray

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