Cooper Watling

The procedure i did was put the raw oil in a pot and light a small fire ujder the pot. Check the temperature every 10 minutes until it reaches around 400 degrees F. Then watxh it closely until it reaches 460 degrees F. Then take it off the stove and let it cool down.

Be careful not to leave your digital thermometer near the heat for too long or the screen may go black and be unreadable.

You will notice the smell change when it reaches like 350 degrees.

Do it outside and pay close attention.

IT WORKED FLawlessly. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

its so cheap to buy raw flax oil and heat it up yourself. I did it outside on a woodfire, with a 5$ digital thermometer.

I put a coat on the front door to test it out.

Tomorrow im makingg some samples before i lay the first layer of the earthen floor

Hry guys so im really excited about finishing my walls and esrthen floor with BLO.

Update: I found a video on youtube of a guy demonstrating how to polymerize your own raw flax oil. So i bought the probe thermometer and am ready for the experiment. I need to heat the oil up to 460 degrees F.

Once i finish the experiment i will updste the results. Im surprised that there is not more info regarding this topic. Do you guys just buy the polymerized stuff ?

Luke Mitchell wrote:Old-fashioned boiled linseed oil was, as you'd expect, boiled. Rather, it was heated to a certain point and held there for a period of time to catalyse the polymerization ("hardening" or "drying") of the oil. What temp and how long are unknowns that you'll have to research.

Nowadays, as Jordan says, BLO is full of chemical hardeners that act as catalysts. Unfortunately there is some dispute as to how healthy those things are.

You can use raw linseed oil which will polymerize just fine but it'll take much longer. You can also use tung oil if that is more readily available - I find it dries faster, on wood at least.

If you do make your own BLO, please post details as I might follow you one day!

Well I also heard it’s drangerous to boil the linseed-oil.

I only have access to real fires and not electric stoves.
Have you personally used tung oil on Adobe? Or has anyone else here?

hey guys so im building an earthen floor soon and im located in the mountains of Mexico. the ground where the house is located is beautiful rich red clay. The mix that was used for the walls and the comal (firestove) is the red clay, and dry pine needles. The house is incredibly strong. It helded up a 8.7 earthquake which happened really close by. It did so incredibly well that there is no cracking. Theres even a 300 year old rectangular adobe house which has no cracks. Anyways back to the original post, the we are currently living in the house and its just dirt floors with is incrdibly dusty and obviously not that comfortable.

My plan is to move our stuff upstairs once i finish the second floor and then start the bottom earthen floor. Im planning to dig down 1 foot or two and then add about 8 inches of gravel, vapor barrier, more gravel maybe sand and then adobe, plaster, finish, wax. I heard about buffing and i have no idea what is it. Please someone explain.

Im struggling on what brand on linseed oil to buy for sealong my walls and floor. I need something that will dry fast. I do not want the stuff with additives and metals. I need a company that will ship to Mexico. The house is a circle 6m diameter. how much linseed approximately do i need for a bunch of coats of the floor and outside walls? the walls are about 2.5m tall.

im planning on diluting with gum turps but im open to better more accessible options.

i read about people just mopping the floor with cow dung and eventually it becomes water resistant, shiny, and sanitary.

i read about using skim milk as a subsitute to cow dung also.