One of the panes in my back porch window popped out and broke so I thought I'd take a shot at fixing it myself by following the instructions from the Home Depot 1-2-3 book. I bought some putty, glazier points and the replacement pane but there is one thing I'm not too sure on so some help from the home handyman or woodworking guys would be appreciated.
The book says to coat the bare wood after I remove the old putty and paint with an oil based paint or linseed oil to stop the new putty from drying out. My next door neighbor has an old tin of linseed oil but I see that it's boiled linseed oil. Is this the oil to use or should I use raw linseed oil? I asked around and none of my neighbors have any left over cans of oil paint; we all have latex unfortunately. Of course I could buy a can but it seems like such a waste to buy a quart for one 10"x12" window frame and the HD Oops cans are again all latex based paints.
The book says to coat the bare wood after I remove the old putty and paint with an oil based paint or linseed oil to stop the new putty from drying out. My next door neighbor has an old tin of linseed oil but I see that it's boiled linseed oil. Is this the oil to use or should I use raw linseed oil? I asked around and none of my neighbors have any left over cans of oil paint; we all have latex unfortunately. Of course I could buy a can but it seems like such a waste to buy a quart for one 10"x12" window frame and the HD Oops cans are again all latex based paints.