[Greenbuilding] tung oil

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

Or what John Salmen said :)

Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231



On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <
info at ecobrooklyn.com> wrote:

> I have used Land Arc a lot and I'm on the fence. Great product but I still
> like tung and citrus more.
> Part of that is the preference for raw materials. I don't like to depend
> on any one company for something.
> For the same reason I don't think you need a priest to speak to god.
> For example, humans have used clay on walls for thousands of years.
> Now American Clay has a "proprietary blend". For smearing mud on the wall?
>
> Another reason I like tung and citrus is there is genius in simplicity.
>
> Nothing wrong with a meal from a master chef. But I once toyed with the
> idea of writing a cook book from two ingredient recipes. Corn and butter.
> Rice and soy sauce.
>
> Anyway, you have found Land Arc oil to work better than tung and citrus?
>
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Chris Koehn <chris at koehn.com> wrote:
>
>> Check out Land Ark products: <
>> http://www.landarknw.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=18> Their finishing oils
>> are largely a mixture of the materials you've been asking about, and even
>> if you don't use their product, the info on it's use may be useful to you.
>> We use their oils on timber frames with good result. We tried a finishing
>> oil on a walnut floor a few years ago, but had problems. I'm told Land Ark
>> was putting a UV inhibitor into their oils that was causing the oil not to
>> cure properly. I understand that problem has been solved now.
>>
>> Chris Koehn
>> TimberGuides Design & Build
>> Vancouver Island
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