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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.
 

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Use the stuff your neighbor has and if the putty cracks,redo the window.You will only be out a little putty!
 

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[edit] Boiled linseed oil
Boiled linseed oil is used as a paint binder or as a wood finish on its own. Heating the oil makes it polymerize and oxidize, effectively making it thicker and shortening the drying time. Today most products labeled as "boiled linseed oil" are a combination of raw linseed oil, petroleum-based solvent and metallic dryers. The use of metallic dryers makes boiled linseed oil inedible. There are some products available that contain only heat-treated linseed oil, without exposure to oxygen. Heat treated linseed oil is thicker and dries very slowly. These are usually labeled as "polymerized" or "stand" oils, though some may still be labeled as boiled.
 

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