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Title: "Oiling" external oak window cills
Post by PBatATT on Jul 6^th, 2009, 6:56pm

I have just joined this site as I saw somebody had asked a similar question for "interior" cills a couple of years ago. The advice seemed to be use raw linseed oil. [I have tried searching and I don't think my query has been asked before.]

I have some 80+ year old "Exterior" oak window cills, which are weather beaten, and look as if they need nourishing. If they should in fact be treated, can anybody suggest how this should be done? Past experiments with teak oil have not been particularly successful.

Many thanks.
P.

Title: Re: "Oiling" external oak window cills
Post by Joiner on Jul 6^th, 2009, 8:27pm

Linseed oil.

Title: Re: "Oiling" external oak window cills
Post by TIMBA-WOLF on Jul 6^th, 2009, 8:57pm

80 year old cills, cor! Youngsters then!!!

defo go the way of linseed oil and raw to boot...

Title: Re: "Oiling" external oak window cills
Post by woodsmith on Jul 6^th, 2009, 9:44pm

Linseed oil if you must, although I'd be tempted to just leave it to grow old gracefully.

If you want to oil it, try a small area first, as it can often look worse after it has been oiled

Title: Re: "Oiling" external oak window cills
Post by TIMBA-WOLF on Jul 6^th, 2009, 10:03pm

i don't mind the "silver" Look WS, as it goes with my own looks but most dont like it! ::) ::)

Title: Re: "Oiling" external oak window cills
Post by PBatATT on Jul 22^nd, 2009, 2:06am

Many thanks to all of you for your advice. I will test an an obscure bit first with raw linseed oil and see how it looks.

Title: Re: "Oiling" external oak window cills
Post by londonman on Jul 23^rd, 2009, 10:45pm

wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2009, 2:06am:

Many thanks to all of you for your advice. I will test an an obscure bit first with raw linseed oil and see how it looks.

And then plan to keep on oiling it...year in..year out. Go for the silvered look. I think that they got it right 400 years ago. It was the Victorians who started painting them black.