Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel as a wood stain

2005-12-02 Thread Garth Kim Travis
Greetings, The only wood preservative I have found to be worth the trouble is raw linseed oil, applied by the old rule of: once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year for life. With this, wood will stand up to Texas, sun, termites and all. If biodiesel

[Biofuel] Biodiesel as a wood stain

2005-12-01 Thread JJJN
Hello all, I just did some testing of biodiesel as a wood stain. I used oak as the base wood and applied a coat of Bio. The color was as pretty as can be if you like natural wood with out shadowing enhancements deep in the pore structure. It is a deep penetrator as compared to other stains.

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel as a wood stain

2005-12-01 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Hm. I've heard of people down in Ecuador perserving bamboo by painting it with diesel -- which we all recoiled at due to the nastyness of it. Using biodiesel sounds better -- I wonder how it will stand up, considering biodiesel is biodegradable? But then again so is tallow, beeswax, etc,