What to do with diesel and boiled linseed oil?
June 3, 2008
Posted in: Do It Yourself, House and Garden
Tags: Boiled, bonus, bucket, coat, concrete, coolant, diesel, driveway, gun, Linseed, Lowes, method, oil, pad, roller, sealer, secret, Simpsons
So as we all saw last weekend, we got our pad poured and finished. Now we need to seal it. Have you been to Lowes lately? Concrete sealer is like $23 bucks a gallon!
Luckily my father in law came to the rescue again, suggesting a home made method of sealing the driveway. It’s comes out to be about $33 for 3 gallons, instead of the $69 dollars it would take to buy 3 gallons of the other stuff.
It’s only 2 ingredients and dead simple - watch out for the concrete labor union though, they don’t want the secret out (hahaha - think Simpsons and the garbage can back fixer).
Across the isle from the concrete sealer, they have some other items. Look for a gallon of “Boiled Linseed Oil”, grab it. That was actually $23 bucks. We also needed a couple of things so we grabbed a 5 gallon bucket while we were there.
Next get 2 gallons of diesel, which is just about $5 a gallon. Watch out - it’s green, like Mt. Dew or coolant green.
Pour the oil in first and then the diesel. Now grab a paint roller (on a long pole) and coat your new concrete. I got 2 coats on a 19×8 pad and a 16×2 approach plus a single coat on our existing driveway.
As a bonus, if there’s any oil left in the can you can use it to wipe down your gun’s wood stocks!
We’ll have to see how well it works - it’s suppose to rain this week…
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June 18th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
That sounds like a great way to save money on concrete sealant, but I have to wonder about the effects it would have on the environment. I am guessing that some will wash off in rain and go into the sewers. I don’t know how much but I hope it is not enough to make a big impact.
I also realize the same thing would happen to regular sealant so I wonder which is better in the long run. Good luck with it and thanks for sharing.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I guess it would all depend on the chemicals used in other sealants compared to diesel.
No matter what, it’s not green - and I don’t know that I’ve ever come across a green sealant either (if there is, it’s probably expensive and doesn’t last as long).
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