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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Beachcricket on August 05, 2011, 01:25:00 PM
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Apart from the fact the bat needs nourishment and care, and it smells nice. Why do we use Linseed oil? and not Teak oil, Danish oil or Chestnut oil. Surely they all smell nice.
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maybe we like the fact the used cloths can spontaniously combust?
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Has that ever happened to anyone?
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not heard of anything but you never know lol
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In 1991, One Meridian Plaza, a high rise in Philadelphia, USA was severely damaged and three firefighters perished in a fire caused by linseed oil-soaked rags.[30]
When used as a wood finish, linseed oil dries slowly and shrinks little upon hardening. Linseed oil does not cover the surface as varnish does, but soaks into the (visible and microscopic) pores, leaving a shiny but not glossy surface that shows off the grain of the wood. A linseed oil finish is easily repaired, but it provides no significant barrier against scratching. Only wax finishes are less protective. Liquid water will penetrate a linseed oil finish in mere minutes and water vapour bypasses it almost completely.[4] Garden furniture treated with linseed oil may develop mildew. Oiled wood may be yellowish and is likely to darken with age.
few good bits and a few bad in there
courtesy of wikipedia
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Has that ever happened to anyone?
If it did would they be able to type ?
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There are oil/wax combination products that nourish and seal but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than myself wrote on here that sealing the pores wasn't good.