Linseed Oil

[ronin684]

Im trying a bit of oil painting and im looking at inseed oil. In my local DIY/Hardware store there is a 750ml bottal of linseed oil for like £3. At the art store theres a 75ml bottle for the same price.

Iv a read around, and , correct me if im wrong, the latter is cold-pressed, and the former is boiled. My question is, will i notice a big diffrence if i went with the boiled linseed oil?

::Edit::
Ok iv read a bit further and found that boiled linseed oil is full of solvants and dosent dry so good. But there is Raw linseed oil too?

[Elwell]

Yes. The hardware store boiled oil will dry much quicker, but it will also yellow and possibly wrinkle.

[dbclemons]

Here's a good description of differences between raw and cold-pressed linseed oil:
http://www.noteaccess.com/MATERIALS/RawL.htm

I've seen both of these often sold as food additives too, but would advise caution of course with what you swallow ;).

-DBC

[ronin684]

Cool, thanks for the information.