MedWoodWorx
Member
Hello fellow penturners, since most of you are seasoned penturners i would like to hear a few words of wisdom. In my quest to find alternative finishes to ca and other nasty chemicals, i am experimenting with all kind of oils: walnut oil, boiled lineseed oil etc. The latest part in my saga was the use of stand oil (polymerised linseed oil used for painting) which is very thick and takes ages to cure. My question is: has anyone used uv lamps to improve and/or accelerate curing of such oils? a uv light setup can help cure any finish (including ca)? (since it provides a bit of warmth as well as sun-like radiation) i am not talking about uv-curing varnishes or paints, just ordinary oil, in theory uv-c lamps could help the polymerisation of polyunsaturated oils like walnut and linseed. Thank you in advance for any advice, greetings from Greece.