Igorot/Bontok Shield

Shakethetrees · 11th October 2014, 08:31 PM

I don't have any experience with olive oil, but the research done some years back and read to the Ameircan Institute for Conservation (conservation-us.com) showed that linseed oil, in time, blackens wood irreversibly.

It leaves a great finish on gunstocks, but in time it degrades and damages the surface.

On ethnographic materials I would not use any oils. A light wax, if anything. Renaissance Wax has been the go-to for museums world wide for decades and has proven to be the most benign and is easily removable.

11th October 2014, 08:31 PM	#7
Shakethetrees Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 363	I don't have any experience with olive oil, but the research done some years back and read to the Ameircan Institute for Conservation (conservation-us.com) showed that linseed oil, in time, blackens wood irreversibly. It leaves a great finish on gunstocks, but in time it degrades and damages the surface. On ethnographic materials I would not use any oils. A light wax, if anything. Renaissance Wax has been the go-to for museums world wide for decades and has proven to be the most benign and is easily removable.