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Cold-Pressed Linseed Oil
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Cold-Pressed Linseed Oil

Linseed oil is pressed from the ripe seed of flax. It is a drying oil: in air it takes up oxygen and hardens into a tough film, which makes it the binder of oil paint and a classic wood finish. A small hand-cranked screw press squeezes the oil out of the seed; the oil is left to settle and poured off clear. This is raw linseed oil. Boiled linseed oil is raw oil with metallic driers added, and is not made here. Rags soaked in linseed oil can heat up and catch fire by themselves: step 6 is not optional.
Oqalayo
2 hours, plus 3 days settling

Imiyalelo

1

Clean the seed

Sieve 1 kg of dry flax seed to remove chaff, stones and broken seed.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Imbewu yelineniImbewu yelineni1 kg

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

IsisefoIsisefo
2

Set up the press

Clamp the screw press to the bench edge, a jar under the oil outlet and a bowl under the cake nozzle. Warm the press head as its maker describes; a cold head chokes.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isicindezeli samafutha sesikulufu sesandlaIsicindezeli samafutha sesikulufu sesandla
Isibambo sensikaIsibambo sensika
Ijeke Lengilazi ElinesivaloIjeke Lengilazi Elinesivalo
3

Press

Fill the hopper and turn the crank steadily. Oil runs from the barrel and press cake comes out of the nozzle as a pellet. Keep the hopper topped up so the screw never runs empty.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isicindezeli samafutha sesikulufu sesandlaIsicindezeli samafutha sesikulufu sesandla
4

Settle

Cap the jar of cloudy oil and leave it 3 days in a cool, dark place. The fine sediment sinks.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ijeke Lengilazi ElinesivaloIjeke Lengilazi Elinesivalo
5

Decant and bottle

Pour the clear oil off the sediment through a coffee filter in a funnel into a dark bottle. Fill it to the top, cap it, and store it cool and dark. Weigh the oil for the notebook.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Izihlungi zekhofi / iphepha lokuhlungaIzihlungi zekhofi / iphepha lokuhlunga
Isifaneli sasekhishiniIsifaneli sasekhishini
Ibhodlela lengilazi ye-amberIbhodlela lengilazi ye-amber
Isikali Sedijithali SasekhishiniIsikali Sedijithali Sasekhishini
6

Deal with oily rags

Never bundle oily rags or filters. Spread them flat outdoors to dry, or put them in a metal bucket of water with the lid on, then dispose of them.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ibhakede lensimbi elinesivaloIbhakede lensimbi elinesivalo
7

Your yield

Ilayisha incwadi ye-Jupyter…
8

Troubleshooting

Screw press troubleshooting.

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Izinto

1

Amathuluzi Adingekayo

9

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