Earthworks; In the early 60's we lived on a farm that we rented from an super rich ultra conservative old lady. Every summer she would hire me to paint buildings on that and another farm or two she owned. I think white barn paint was about six or seven dollars a gallon and boiled linseed oil was a buck or less, so her rules were a 50/50 mix of paint and linseed oil. One of those old buildings is still standing, I'm sure I was the last one to paint it, it looks pretty tough now but it still has a hint of white to it but the old boards don't look too bad. A few years ago when I was running the furniture plant a customer wanted boiled linseed oil for a finish on some indoor furniture. We did it on a test piece and found it never got completely dry and would collect dust, so we did'nt use it on the things he wanted. But back to your question, yes it was a great product for outdoor protection, my Dad used to use it on wagon boxes and hay racks that lasted him a lifetime. The old lady I spoke of that I painted for lived on till the early 90's in hermit like connditions, died with tons of money, but I did'nt see a Brinks truck in her funeral procession. Frank.

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