What dissolves old, dried Boiled Linseed Oil?

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  • Phloating Phlasher
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2023
    • 508

    #1

    What dissolves old, dried Boiled Linseed Oil?

    The real deal, "Stand Oil" not the "Home Improvement store" rubbish?
    I have a bottle of it but the "Adult Proof push down & twist" cap's internal part is glued to the bottle neck by dried oil.
    Any ideas?
  • Allen
    Moderator
    • Sep 2009
    • 10583

    #2
    Drill or cut a hole in the cap and pour the linseed oil into a different bottle or can.

    I'm assuming the bottle has no collector value since it has a push and twist cap.

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    • M1Garandy
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 611

      #3
      If it is a plastic rig over a metal cap, pop the plastic off and apply a suitable application of Channellock pliers to the remaining metal cap.

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      • Johnny P
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2009
        • 6260

        #4
        Try soaking it in hot water before trying to remove the cap.

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        • dryheat
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 10587

          #5
          Channel locks yes. Big ones.
          I put the container in the vise. Tighten gently. Put the BIG channel locks on the plastic cap and turn. It'll come loose. Or do it old style; When the ketchup bottle cap was stuck my dad would run hot water over it and then tap the cap the handle end of a butter knife. That works too. Here in AZ after a couple of years the plastic cap gets so fragile it just falls off and then you don't have to deal with it any more.
          If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.

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          • Phloating Phlasher
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2023
            • 508

            #6
            Its a modern bottle, but glass. Because of that I'm avoiding honkin' big pliers & so on.
            Guess what I put on my "Thonkin cap".
            Dripped a little bore solvent in the inverted cap! Why? It removes stock finish!
            Badda Bing, Badda Boom! Thanks for the ideas guys.

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            • Fred
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2009
              • 4977

              #7
              Acetone will. Absolutely and in just seconds.

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              • Phloating Phlasher
                Senior Member
                • Apr 2023
                • 508

                #8
                But what will it do to the plastic cap components?

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                • dryheat
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 10587

                  #9
                  Who cares? It's plastic. Good riddance. Do your part. Take the crumbs to the recycling center. But Acetone, what is the result of spilling a spoonful of that awful chemical? BLO- do you know what the ramifications are of using that? You get pretty wood, but can you sleep at night? I can and so can 99.9% humans. The real problem is: there's too many people on Earth who have access to cool chemicals.
                  So, what I'm saying is...
                  Sorry Phloating Phlasher if I've derailed your post.
                  It's always something: why do you have BLO in a glass container with a metal cap and a plastic cap? It doesn't compute. Correct me.

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                  Last edited by dryheat; 10-10-2023, 08:38.
                  If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.

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                  • Phloating Phlasher
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2023
                    • 508

                    #10
                    because that's the way it was packaged in the store where I bough it perhaps?
                    Brownells use metal cans, Michaels used plastic adult proof plastic caps.

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