Quote.......You didn't ask, but I will clean dirty wooden handles of worthy wrenches with Murphy's Oil Soap, then do a light cleaning with 0000 steel wool, then wipe with mineral spirits. I will then put on a coat of boiled linseed oil, and lightly steel wool that when dry. Then three coats of satin polyurethane are applied, each one lightly scratched with 0000 steel wool, then wiped with mineral spirits, when dry. A coat of Johnson' wax is applied to complete wood handle restoration. Note: wood handles are generally worth restoring only if they are intact, e.g. not cracked or missing wood.
W.M. My father used this method or very similar, unfortunately I did not pay any attention so I have to ask, Boiled linseed oil, I honestly can almost smell it now, if I remember right it is a watery subsatnce, do you literally boil a certain amount before application, what is the purpose of this?
