Has anyone seen boiled linseed oil for sale in Taiwan? I’ve heard it is a good way of sealing terra-cotta tiles.
You can make your own, you know.
- Buy linseed oil.
- Boil it.
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Earthen floors were once sealed with linseed oil mixed with ox blood. I see we’ve come a long way.
Nice to know I’m not the only person who reads obscure books about olde-worlde construction 
I’ve never seen linseed oil sold as anything other than a dietary supplement. I doubt it was ever used industrially here because it’s a temperate-climate plant. Why not just use the synthetic resins?
Any tips on making the tiles DB?
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I’m guessing that small bottles offered through pcstore.com.tw aren’t what the OP wants, but just in case:
http://www.pcstore.com.tw/maomaoaimai/M24137461.htm
http://www.pcstore.com.tw/papermuseum1/M17558947.htm
http://www.pcstore.com.tw/yijiang/M13089145.htm
These say “cooked”; is that different from boiled?
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Interesting! Thanks all for your input!
It is this or Amazon.
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I wonder which one is easier, Amazon or pcstore. The reason I ask is that I suspect one or more Taiwan firms either manufacture this type of product or import it, but maybe in bulk. Would they stock it in small quantities, or would they wait until they get an order and then order from the manufacturer? I don’t know.
Here’s an example of a Taiwan company that offers linseed oil for sale (http://www.twanfong.com/), but the linseed oil is manufactured by a German company called Alberdingk:
http://www.twanfong.com/product/03_Alberdingk/prod_03-12.html
On the page linked immediately above, the Taiwan company seems to offer something called “double-boiled linseed oil,” made by this German company. Who knows? Maybe they’ve got it stocked and don’t have to order it from Germany. I imagine that this kind of local outfit also desires to sell in bulk, but of course I’m not sure. I really don’t know anything about how companies like that operate. Would they sell it to an individual consumer? I mean, like, a few cans or bottles of it? I don’t know. Also, I wonder if double -boiled is acceptable.
There’s a Taiwan company called Rainbow Paint that sells linseed oil, but I didn’t see any Chinese characters to indicate that it was boiled (bearing in mind that I don’t know Chinese). However, in this PDF on the company site, the English term used is “boiled linseed oil”:
http://www.rainbowpaint.com.tw/wp-content/uploads/pdf/sc/po/801.pdf
Here’s a Google sort of translation of the above PDF:
Here’s the company’s main page:
They apparently have an associated site called Rainbow House:
I haven’t yet been able to see evidence that Rainbow House offers linseed oil for sale, but I could be wrong. They seem to be affiliated with brick-and-mortar stores:
http://www.rainbow-house.com.tw/location/
Well, sorry I couldn’t do better.
Edited to add Rainbow’s Facebook page:
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Very good information! I will have to look into it.
I guess it is up to what they want it for. If it’s for painting, IMO, I would skip linseed and use walnut oil. Unless it is high grade linseed.
I have no clue about wood though.
I guess PChome would be easier, but more variety with Amazon.
If they have enough time, there is a VDO on making it from seed to oil. Looks fun and I might try it. Takes a year, though.
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Thanks for the feedback, JB! I hope the OP can find the product he wants.
I’ve only ordered books from Amazon, but I haven’t had a problem with them in that regard in a long time. Hopefully it’s the same with non-book items.
I wonder how much boiled linseed oil he needs. I don’t know anything about sealing tiles, but if he’s going to seal a large number of them, he might have to order quite a lot of linseed oil.
Edit: It takes a year to make it? Yikes! One would have to be a true-blue DIY person.
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