Water-repellent preservative: make your own!
- by Kelly Smith (RSS feed) on Jul 31st 2008 3:00PM
- Filed under home decor, weekend projects, outdoor, painting
Water-repellent preservative recipe
As with any other time you mix various potentially hazardous or flammable materials, take precautions and ventilate the area properly. Mix together:
- 2 gal. Mineral spirits, Turpentine, or #1 or #2 fuel oil
- 5/8 qts. Boiled Linseed Oil
- 3/16 lb. Paraffin Wax
- 1 qt. Penta concentrate 10:1
- 1 to 3 fluid oz Color Pigment / gallon of the above mix
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-15-2008 @ 4:52PM
Carrie said...
And this is easier and less expensive than buying it off the shelf? I don't think the possibility that I could burn down my house is worth whatever savings there are. I very much doubt that anyone (except the Unibomber) has these ingredients laying around the house.
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8-26-2008 @ 9:36AM
Peter said...
Excellent! This is so popular in my neighborhood, that people have started buying it from me. Don't listen to people that keep their two braincells in a comfort sphere, like Carrie. They will never figure out what DIY is all about.
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10-08-2008 @ 11:55AM
Susie said...
The second I read the headline I had a bizarre flash to a Gilligan's Island when they made a syrup to waterproof one of their getaway rafts. I think the sharks liked the taste of it and ate the raft.
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10-09-2008 @ 10:39AM
Rangga said...
ow this is nice! one of my friends showed the video on making this. but I forget where it was. thanks for the "recipe" though :P
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