Pale boiled oil

Description

A type of linseed oil that has been processed with heat to speed up drying times. Pale boiled linseed oil is used industrially for glossy oil paint finishes.

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966

• M. Doerner, The Materials of the Artist, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1934

• Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996