Re: SB: wax not drying

[Sherwood Botsford <sbotsford@sjsa.ab.ca>]

On Monday 23 September 2002 09:32 am, Gladish Family wrote:
: So there we were, all excited about how the floor looked with
: a beeswax/"boiled" linseed oil/turpentine finish, but here it
: is a day and a half later and it's still kind of sticky and
: soft.
: What I need is a simple, easy, painless way to fix it.
: Failing that, how about a difficult, labor intensive,
: miserable way to fix it?
: Help!!
: Thanks, all,
: Signed,
: Worried in Washington


Depends on the proportions.  Linseed oil polymerizes (hardens) 
in the presence of UV light.  There are also drying agents that 
are added to linseed oil based paints to hasten this reaction.

The reaction also will happen faster at higher temperatures. 
Being an organic reaction it will typically double in speed for 
each 10 degrees warmer.  Maybe more than that. 

The reaction is also partially self catalytic.  Once it starts, 
the presence of some hardened oil speeds up the hardening around 
it.

A good paint company may be able to help.

A UV lamp (tanning lamp, not  black light -- they aren't bright 
enough) may also work.

Bees wax is kind of soft and sticky at the best of times. 

I've seen painters who, when confronted with grease or oil that 
kept bleeding through the paint would put a coat of shellac on 
it first.

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