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[Homeless Squirrel]

Making a Mallet in oak and looking at giving it a coat up in something and friend suggested Linseed oil rather than boiled to improve oak and said Tung oil best but more expensive.
But found some Tung oil which don't seem to expensive well not a lot more than Linseed.

What's anyone's thought's?

 

[mrpercysnodgrass]

Any of those oils will do, boiled linseed will dry the quickest but raw will dry overnight Tung oil is generally used on items coming in contact with food.

 

[Homeless Squirrel]

Any of those oils will do, boiled linseed will dry the quickest but raw will dry overnight Tung oil is generally used on items coming in contact with food.

Ordered some Tung oil now if EVRI/MyHerpes delivers? as reading up say's helps toughen wood up but also going to use on a chopping boards going to make as purloined a lump of Beech worktop and laso have a pile of Oak Parkeet flooring(inch wide fingers 6" long?)sort of stuff and apart from off cuts have packs of them never used so plan on chopping square on ends and bonding all together to make a slab so use the oil on them.
Info on search engines isn't that great on uses and benefits of either mind not alone on that as many other things you look for SE's give duff info apart from spam clicking you amazon/ebay.

Thanks for replying.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Mallets? Use BLO, or even raw linseed. The last time I used tung oil two months later it wasn't dry.

 

[rogxwhit]

A mallet doesn't necessarily need anything on it. Linseed of any type would be fine - but not necessary. Oak is a bad choice for a mallet head - it's too fissile, having planes of weakness along the rays. All mine are fruitwood (apple, mostly) - tight-textured and hard.

 

[Homeless Squirrel]

A mallet doesn't necessarily need anything on it. Linseed of any type would be fine - but not necessary. Oak is a bad choice for a mallet head - it's too fissile, having planes of weakness along the rays. All mine are fruitwood (apple, mostly) - tight-textured and hard.

Only lump of wood could find at time!