When building and decorating houses, wood is often used, because it is one of the most environmentally friendly materials. However, so that the wooden elements of your home last as long as possible, so that they are not destroyed by fungus and insects, they must be protected. Such a tool as drying oil can easily cope with this task.
Impregnation application
The use of drying oil allows you to increase the life of wooden structural elements for decades. This is especially true for rafters, because they are constantly exposed to moisture. Drying oils are synthetic and natural, purely homogeneous, polydiene, synthetically modified, shale, coumaron-indene, etc. Natural drying oil is very popular . The use of this tool will not harm either people or animals. After all, it is based on vegetable oil (up to 97%). Impregnation of facade wood elements with linseed oil allows you to protect them from changes in temperature and humidity and, of course, from atmospheric influences. When treating a wooden surface with this composition, a solid, but at the same time elastic protective film is formed on it , which protects the tree from external influences, including from damage by a fungus. Natural drying oil is made from sunflower, soy, and linseed oils. The best is considered a remedy based on linseed oil.
Currently, there are many impregnations with a chemical base, with excellent, by the way, characteristics. But at the same time, it did not lose its relevance and drying oil. The use of natural impregnation, in addition to environmental friendliness, has another important advantage - the cheapness of such a material. Basically, drying oil is intended for interior decoration, its use in outdoor works gives only a temporary effect, requiring further coating with oil paint, enamel or varnish. In the manufacture of oil paints and putties, drying oil is also used. The use of such products protects wooden surfaces from decay. The use of drying oil as a preliminary treatment reduces the consumption of paint and varnish when performing paintwork. Usually, the product is applied in two or three layers, and after that the surface is painted. It is also recommended to heat the impregnation to a temperature of 80-90 degrees Celsius, and then apply hot to the tree. Thus, a better and deeper penetration of the composition into the pores of the tree is achieved.
Drying oil: impregnation characteristics
Three types of drying oil are now common: natural, "Oxol" and compositional. Natural impregnation consists of 97 percent natural oil, the remaining three percent is desiccant (a substance that promotes quick drying). Drying oil "Oksol" in its composition has only 55 percent of oil (linseed or sunflower), forty percent of white spirit and 5 percent of desiccant. Such impregnation is cheaper than natural. Compositional compositions are characterized by a pungent odor, they include petroleum polymer resins, which serve as substitutes for natural resins, as well as other petrochemical products. This type of drying oil is the cheapest. Composite impregnations are not recommended for use in residential premises, even on balconies, because even after drying of these compounds there is still a sharp characteristic smell.