boiled linseed oil

Found some boiled linseed oil in the garage. God knows how long its been in there for. At the risk of sounding daft, does it go off?
I dont mean go off as in start smelling a bit funky and having lumps in but do we reckon it will reduce its effectiveness in making me bumper look pukka?

I have no idea what it is or how its made hence the question:behindsofa:

Should be alright try it and see. Make sure you spread the rags out and dry them before throwing them away.

whys that? never heard of that one before

fire hazard.........

Rags soaked with linseed oil stored in a pile are considered a fire hazard because they provide a large surface area for oxidation of the oil, and the oil oxidizes quickly. The oxidation of linseed oil is an exothermic reaction, which accelerates as the temperature of the rags increases. When heat accumulation exceeds the rate of heat dissipation into the environment, the temperature increases and may eventually become hot enough to make the rags spontaneously combust.

The rag can combust if screwed up when wet and lobbed un a wheelie bin !

Bit slow their, but I wrote mine in English !

lol!!! i just copied and paste, cos im lazy and want to sound intelligent!!!

ah makes perfect sence now...rags are a hazard if i screw them up. To remove the hazard i must burn the rags!

Linseed oil (boiled or otherwise) is perfect for cricket-bats, but I think I'll stick to Autoglym's Bumper & Trim Gel, for my Freelander's plasticy bits!

Singvogel.

secret writing...might try that though...and its cheap which is pleasing to me

Kizzeh said:

secret writing...might try that though...and its cheap which is pleasing to me

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i keep telling em...but they don't listen

sings just frit of using something akin to an old wives tale. the boiled linseed works just fine, I've had my bottle about 4 years now, still does the trick.

plus the fact, not likely to f*ck anything up unlike a hot air gun.

if it isn't used correctly it can cause damage, but a steady hand and keeping it moving at a height of about eight inches will do the job better than any other method.
using a sheild around lights and other components is a wise precaution.

continue to smear "products" on your car, apart from the electric this costs nothing

Just don't try it on the door handle...

or the fuel cap


different plastic....it won't work

Singvogel said:

Linseed oil (boiled or otherwise) is perfect for cricket-bats, but I think I'll stick to Autoglym's Bumper & Trim Gel, for my Freelander's plasticy bits!

Singvogel.

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This is assuming your cricket bat is much older than your Freelander!

Would recommend off milk rubbed on with stale bread on the tyres, a strong solution of used weed n feed on paintwork, and baked bean juice scraped from the inside of the tin on your windows.....
That way ya wont have to spend any money on your car at all:whoosh:

joe1972 said:

This is assuming your cricket bat is much older than your Freelander!

Would recommend off milk rubbed on with stale bread on the tyres, a strong solution of used weed n feed on paintwork, and baked bean juice scraped from the inside of the tin on your windows.....
That way ya wont have to spend any money on your car at all:whoosh:

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There are loads of folks going to try this now.

We'll be getting reports on which brand of beans gives the best results.

I believe that banana skins are better than the weed n feed for that deep radiant shine that we all seek.

Way to go!

Singvogel.

Result of linseed oil treatment.