re: Lets Talk "oil finishes"

Pure linseed oil is flax seed oil and, like olive oil, will go rancid over time.

Too, even if the polymerization process is not speed up, it’s my understanding it will still harden. As such, you’ll end up with a sticky mess, as the process progresses.

The only way I could see to avoid this is, treat is some how.

Many use walnut cooking oil, since it’s a hardening oil and can be used straight out of the kitchen bottle for treating wood. Of course, it is a hardening oil, so we’re back to whether it’s better to treat with hardening oil or other drying or hardening finish versus mineral oil.

There are probably a few soy based products with claims too, but I’m no fan of this “yet another use for GMO soy.”