Thread: Oil stain on baltic pine

Fuller's Earth is only clay. (Fuller is another early name for a potter). Perhaps a 3-5mm layer of clay powder over the oil/fat warmed with a radiator or heat lamp from a safe distance will help draw the oils out of the wood without unwanted side-effects.

I'll be implementing the treatment tomorrow so will report back in a couple of days on progress.

It's not the 'look' I am unduly concerned about. It is the potential for the oil to impact on the finish I propose to use (also an oil, but a different type, obviously). I have applied the wet poultice of cat litter clay which is now drying off and forming cracks so will be looking more closely at it tomorrow when I can spare the time from making/repairing windowframes...

If you have made a wet poultice with the clay it is unlikely to take up any oil until it has dried. A dry powder of clay or whiting will be absorbent. How about a thin layer of clay or whiting topped with a flat piece of galvo or tin tray and a warm (not hot) iron sitting on the tin? Don't leave the scene!

My iron, along with the rest of my life, is currently sitting in the shipping container. Until i get this floor sorted it will stay there as I have no idea which box it is in. Will boil a kettle on the wood stove and apply heat that way tomorrow.

Thanks for the ideas.