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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: arsenal123 on December 03, 2013, 01:37:33 PM

Title: Linseed Oil
Post by: arsenal123 on December 03, 2013, 01:37:33 PM
Anyone got a good place to get linseed oil on the cheap?

Can any of the forum sponsors help?

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: ItsJustCricket on December 03, 2013, 01:47:45 PM
Yep, we have these in stock: http://www.itsjustcricket.co.uk/cricket-accessories-c24/bat-care-c30/gunn-moore-linseed-oil-100ml-p103 (http://www.itsjustcricket.co.uk/cricket-accessories-c24/bat-care-c30/gunn-moore-linseed-oil-100ml-p103)
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: blonco on December 03, 2013, 02:05:54 PM
http://www.sportsdirect.com/slazenger-bat-care-kit-858018 (http://www.sportsdirect.com/slazenger-bat-care-kit-858018)  Bonus package.
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: ItsJustCricket on December 03, 2013, 02:06:52 PM
[url]http://www.sportsdirect.com/slazenger-bat-care-kit-858018[/url] ([url]http://www.sportsdirect.com/slazenger-bat-care-kit-858018[/url])  Bonus package.


He didn't ask for Sports Direct, he asked for forum sponsors...
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Vitas Cricket on December 03, 2013, 02:16:23 PM
The bottle size in the slazenger bat care pack is also minuscule, and it's not exactly leak-proof.
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Krs on December 03, 2013, 02:20:40 PM
The bottle size in the slazenger bat care pack is also minuscule, and not exactly leak-proof.

It is super tiny. Not worth it.

I actually bought the bat car pack just for the bat cone, I saw 7 at the store, only one was clean, all the others were covered in linseed oil.
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on December 03, 2013, 03:48:01 PM
Not a forum sponsor but Toolstation do it cheap!
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Number 11 on December 03, 2013, 05:42:38 PM
Got mine from B & Q about 20 years ago, still loads left even after giving half a pint to a mate.
Recently made up some bat wax with some of it.
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on December 03, 2013, 05:47:51 PM
Got mine from B & Q about 20 years ago, still loads left even after giving half a pint to a mate.
Recently made up some bat wax with some of it.
How much did you buy mate?? I was tempted by the 5litre bottle but thought that would outlast a lifetime considering how little you actually use to oil a bat haha
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Number 11 on December 03, 2013, 05:52:26 PM
They only had 1 litre bottles, made sure it was raw and not boiled. That's about 200 to 250 coats :D
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on December 03, 2013, 05:55:18 PM
They only had 1 litre bottles, made sure it was raw and not boiled. That's about 200 to 250 coats :D

Glad I didn't get the 5L then! I plan on making more wax as it's much easier IMO, should be yers worth though  :D
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: yogi206 on December 04, 2013, 10:56:30 AM
what do you put the wax in after you have made it to stop it skimming over?
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: TangoWhiskey on December 04, 2013, 11:18:37 AM
Stupid question, but is there any difference between say GM linseed oil and GN linseed oil? I wouldn't have thought so, but you never know...
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on December 04, 2013, 11:19:48 AM
Stupid question, but is there any difference between say GM linseed oil and GN linseed oil? I wouldn't have thought so, but you never know...

The logo on the bottle  ;)
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on December 04, 2013, 11:20:33 AM
what do you put the wax in after you have made it to stop it skimming over?
Got mine in an old jam jar mate
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on December 04, 2013, 01:28:28 PM
You sometimes see raw linseed oil in chemist's shops. Does anyone know what its other use is?
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on December 04, 2013, 01:30:49 PM
He didn't ask for Sports Direct, he asked for forum sponsors...

Careful what you say, Paul...
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: ajmw89 on December 04, 2013, 01:44:43 PM
You sometimes see raw linseed oil in chemist's shops. Does anyone know what its other use is?


Seeing as it can spontaneously combust and generally reacts exothermically, I should imagine it can be used as some sort of deep-heat type muscle rub.

EDIT:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil)

Looks like it has antioxidant and anti-cancer properties
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on December 04, 2013, 02:04:12 PM
You can eat it! That will interest a few people on here!
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: ajmw89 on December 04, 2013, 02:05:27 PM
Only oil that is food grade.  Not sure what happens if you dring the stuff that isn't, but I should imagine it may not be all that good...
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on December 04, 2013, 02:16:58 PM
No chance of a linseed oil chutney making competition, then?
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: ItsJustCricket on December 04, 2013, 02:31:29 PM
Careful what you say, Paul...

Not really, I don't think.  My feelings on this have been made well known on here in the past...

If everyone always recommended Sports Direct over forum sponsors, we may not have a Custom Bats Forum for much longer!
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on December 04, 2013, 02:33:32 PM
If everyone always recommended Sports Direct over forum sponsors, we may not have a Custom Bats Forum for much longer!

Exactly.
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: Number 11 on December 04, 2013, 08:13:50 PM
Got mine in an old jam jar mate
2 oz tobacco tin, bit of a skin but hey-ho.
Title: Re: Linseed Oil
Post by: yogi206 on December 05, 2013, 10:14:09 AM
thanks gents