Linseed oil safety

1439 Views 9 Replies 7 Participants Last post by ian'smommaya, Sep 8, 2007

rabbithorns

Discussion Starter · Apr 10, 2006

Did a bunch of research on the web because of the Moscow Coop "recipe" for oilcloth. Apparently, linseed oil used for oilcloth is not the same as food grade linseed oil/ flaxseed oil. Industrial linseed oil has lots of nasty ingredients including chemical mildewcides and drying agents. The icky one is the one used to make oilcloth in old days. I don't have any idea if plain old linseed oil/flaxseed oil will work to produce oilcloth, since it doesn't dry the way the chemical oil does.

Anyone else have any more information?

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sleepnrain

· #2 · Sep 2, 2007

This is a crazily old thread, but I was wondering the exact same thing so decided to bump!

Any info would be awesome

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Knittin' in the Shade

· #3 · Sep 2, 2007

no idea yet, but I'm plannign to use some food grade flax oil this week to try to make oilcloth, so I'll report back on my findings

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counterGOPI

· #4 · Sep 2, 2007

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sleepnrain

· #5 · Sep 3, 2007

Looking forward to hearing your results, Theresa! Good luck!

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lajn

· #6 · Sep 8, 2007

I tried making some oilcloth sandwich wraps a few days ago, using food grade flaxseed oil. The problem is, it STINKS. There is no way my smell-sensitive DD and DS will eat sandwiches wrapped in this; heck, I don't even want to.

Does the smell ever fade? What about using some other kind of oil?

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Taedareth

· #7 · Sep 8, 2007

If you tossed your wrapped sandwich in your purse or backpack, wouldn't the oil stain everything it touched?

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ian'smommaya

· #8 · Sep 8, 2007

it stops smelling. and it gets stiff and not at all oily. at least mine did. i think they worked out well and i am happy to put them in a cloth purse. they dont feel oily or smell at all.